Assessment of the magnitude and recent trends in satellite-derived ground-level nitrogen dioxide over North America

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 236-245

  Kharol, S K ^a,b   Martin, R V ^a,c   Philip, S ^a   Boys, B ^a   Lamsal, L N ^d,e   Jerrett, M ^f   Brauer, M ^g   Crouse, D L ^h   McLinden, C ^b   Burnett, R T ^h  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GEOS Chem; NO2; North America; OMI; Trend

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; GAS EMISSIONS; LAND USE; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; GEOS-CHEM; GROUND LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS; IN-SITU CONCENTRATIONS; LAND-USE REGRESSION MODELS; NORTH AMERICA; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; TREND;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EOS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAGNITUDE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; SOFTWARE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; LAND USE; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84940403929     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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