Emissions of nitrogen oxides from US urban areas: Estimation from Ozone Monitoring Instrument retrievals for 2005-2014

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10367-10383

  Lu, Z ^a   Streets, D G ^a   De Foy, B ^b   Lamsal, L N ^c,d   Duncan, B N ^d   Xing, J ^e  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION INVENTORY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA; WIND FIELD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942288041     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-10367-2015     Document Type: Article

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