Influence of aerosols and surface reflectance on satellite NO2 retrieval: Seasonal and spatial characteristics and implications for NOx emission constraints

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11217-11241

  Lin, J T ^a   Liu, M Y ^a   Xin, J Y ^b   Boersma, K F ^c,d   Spurr, R ^e   Martin, R ^f,g   Zhang, Q ^h  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^h TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PIXEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84943788390     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-11217-2015     Document Type: Article

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