Multi-satellite sensor study on precipitation-induced emission pulses of NOx from soils in semi-arid ecosystems

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 9457-9487

  Zörner, Jan ^a   Penning De Vries, Marloes ^a   Beirle, Steffen ^a   Sihler, Holger ^a,b   Veres, Patrick R ^a,c   Williams, Jonathan ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EMISSION;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84980002215     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-9457-2016     Document Type: Article

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