Articles | Volume 9, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2961-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2961-2016
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14 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 14 Jul 2016

Sulfur dioxide (SO2) vertical column density measurements by Pandora spectrometer over the Canadian oil sands

Vitali E. Fioletov, Chris A. McLinden, Alexander Cede, Jonathan Davies, Cristian Mihele, Stoyka Netcheva, Shao-Meng Li, and Jason O'Brien

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