TY - CHAP
T1 - Trace gases, troposphere-detection from space
AU - Levelt, Pieternel F.
AU - Veefkind, J. P.
AU - Boersma, K. F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In the last 15 years, observing trace gases in the troposphere from space has been a tremendously fast developing field. Sophisticated retrieval techniques have been developed in order to obtain tropospheric trace gas concentrations, and these techniques have been validated successfully. Satellite instruments now provide daily observations of the chemical composition of the troposphere with spatial detail as fine as urban scale. Satellite observations have been successfully used to provide constraints on emissions of pollutants, to evaluate and improve atmospheric models, and to identify trends in air pollution. In the future, pixel sizes will even decrease further, and combined measurements from backscatter and thermal infrared will provide better vertical profiles in the troposphere.
AB - In the last 15 years, observing trace gases in the troposphere from space has been a tremendously fast developing field. Sophisticated retrieval techniques have been developed in order to obtain tropospheric trace gas concentrations, and these techniques have been validated successfully. Satellite instruments now provide daily observations of the chemical composition of the troposphere with spatial detail as fine as urban scale. Satellite observations have been successfully used to provide constraints on emissions of pollutants, to evaluate and improve atmospheric models, and to identify trends in air pollution. In the future, pixel sizes will even decrease further, and combined measurements from backscatter and thermal infrared will provide better vertical profiles in the troposphere.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85051516586
U2 - 10.1007/978-0-387-36699-9_182
DO - 10.1007/978-0-387-36699-9_182
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85051516586
T3 - Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
SP - 838
EP - 846
BT - Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
PB - Springer Netherlands
ER -