Effects of daily meteorology on the interpretation of space-based remote sensing of NO2

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 15247-15264

  Laughner, Joshua L ^a   Zare, Azimeh ^a   Cohen, Ronald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85004147085     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-15247-2016     Document Type: Article

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