Low ozone in the marine boundary layer of the tropical Pacific Ocean: Photochemical loss, chlorine atoms, and entrainment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D1, 1996, Pages 1907-1917

  Singh, H B ^a   Gregory, G L ^b   Anderson, B ^b   Browell, E ^b   Sachse, G W ^b   Davis, D D ^c   Crawford, J ^c   Bradshaw, J D ^c   Talbot, R ^d   Blake, D R ^e   Thornton, D ^f   Newell, R ^g   Merrill, J ^h  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE ABUNDANCE; ENTRAINMENT; ENTRAINMENT RATE; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER; OZONE; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL DESTRUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL LOSS;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0029731108     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD01028     Document Type: Article

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