Implications of large scale shifts in tropospheric NOx levels in the remote tropical Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 28447-28468

  Crawford, J H ^a,d   Davis, D D ^a   Chen, G ^a   Bradshaw, J ^a   Sandholm, S ^a   Kondo, Y ^b   Merrill, J ^c   Liu, S ^a   Browell, E ^d   Gregory, G ^d   Anderson, B ^d   Sachse, G ^d   Barrick, J ^d   Blake, D ^e   Talbot, R ^f   Pueschel, R ^g  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000227630     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00011     Document Type: Article

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