NOx lifetimes and emissions of cities and power plants in polluted background estimated by satellite observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 5283-5298

  Liu, Fei ^a,b   Beirle, Steffen ^b   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Dörner, Steffen ^b   He, Kebin ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; DOWNSCALING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SATELLITE DATA;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84966727793     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-5283-2016     Document Type: Article

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