Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-3637-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-3637-2014
Research article
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09 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 09 Apr 2014

Improved satellite retrievals of NO2 and SO2 over the Canadian oil sands and comparisons with surface measurements

C. A. McLinden, V. Fioletov, K. F. Boersma, S. K. Kharol, N. Krotkov, L. Lamsal, P. A. Makar, R. V. Martin, J. P. Veefkind, and K. Yang

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