7Be and 210Pb indicate an upper troposphere source for elevated ozone in the summertime subtropical free troposphere of the eastern North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 539-542

  Graustein, William C ^a   Turekian, Karl K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; HIGH ALTITUDE TRANSPORT; LEAD ISOTOPE; NORMALIZED RADIONUCLIDE; OZONE; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE SOURCE; RADIONUCLIDES; SOURCE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST); SPAIN, CANARY ISLANDS, TENERIFE, IZANA;

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LEAD; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

CANARY ISLANDS; ELEVATED OZONE; FREE TROPOSPHERE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE PRODUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE LAYER;

EID: 0029750652     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00304     Document Type: Article

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