Retrieval of near-surface sulfur dioxide (SO2) concentrations at a global scale using IASI satellite observations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 721-740

  Bauduin, Sophie ^a   Clarisse, Lieven ^a   Hadji Lazaro, Juliette ^b   Theys, Nicolas ^c   Clerbaux, Cathy ^a,b   Coheur, Pierre François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOT SPOT; HUMIDITY; IASI; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; IRAN;

EID: 84959314884     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-721-2016     Document Type: Article

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