Ozone peaks associated with a subtropical tropopause fold and with the trade wind inversion: A case study from the airborne campaign TROPOZ II over the Caribbean in winter

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 25979-25993

  Gouget, Hervé ^a,b   Cammas, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Marenco, Alain ^a,b   Rosset, Robert ^a,b   Jonquières, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION; OZONE PEAK; TRADE WIND; TROPOPAUSE FOLD;

CARIBBEAN;

EID: 0030358074     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01545     Document Type: Article

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