Jp. Burrows et al., ATMOSPHERIC REMOTE-SENSING REFERENCE DATA FROM GOME - PART I - TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTIONS OF NO2 IN THE 231-794 NM RANGE, Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer, 60(6), 1998, pp. 1025-1031
Absorption cross-sections of NO2 between 231-794 nm have been measured
in the 221-293 K temperature range, using the global ozone monitoring
experiment (GOME) flight-model (FM) satellite spectrometer. The spect
ra have a resolution of about 0.2 nm below 400 nm and of about 0.3 nm
above 400 nm. These are the first reference spectra of NO2 covering at
the same time the entire UV-visible-NIR spectral range and a broad ra
nge of relevant atmospheric temperatures. The new absorption cross-sec
tions are important as accurate reference data for atmospheric remote-
sensing of NO2 and other minor trace gases. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science
Ltd. All rights reserved.