Development of a custom OMI NO2 data product for evaluating biases in a regional chemistry transport model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5627-5644

  Kuhlmann, G ^a,b   Lam, Y F ^a   Cheung, H M ^a   Hartl, A ^a   Fung, J C H ^c   Chan, P W ^d   Wenig, M O ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84930194728     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5627-2015     Document Type: Article

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