Transport of ozone precursors from the Arctic troposphere to the North Atlantic region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 29335-29351

  Honrath, Richard E ^a   Hamlin, Amy J ^a   Merrill, John T ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; OZONE; OZONE PRECURSORS; TRAJECTORY; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030426965     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jd02673     Document Type: Article

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