Validation of TES ammonia observations at the single pixel scale in the san joaquin valley during DISCOVER-AQ

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5140-5154

  Sun, Kang ^a,b   Cady Pereira, Karen ^c   Miller, David J ^a,b   Tao, Lei ^a,b   Zondlo, Mark A ^a,b   Nowak, John B ^d   Neuman, J A ^e   Mikoviny, Tomas ^f,g   Müller, Markus ^h   Wisthaler, Armin ^f,g   Scarino, Amy J ⁱ   Hostetler, Chris A ^j  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Center for Mid Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

ⁱ SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^j NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AMMONIA; MIXING; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932194457     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022846     Document Type: Article

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