Characterization of OMI tropospheric NO2 over the Baltic Sea region

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 7795-7805

  Ialongo, I ^a   Hakkarainen, J ^a   Hyttinen, N ^a   Jalkanen, J P ^a   Johansson, L ^a   Boersma, K F ^b,c   Krotkov, N ^d   Tamminen, J ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; MEGACITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; LENINGRAD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG; STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84936750932     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-7795-2014     Document Type: Article

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