Where did tropospheric ozone over southern Africa and the tropical Atlantic come from in October 1992? Insights from TOMS, GTE TRACE A, and SAFARI 1992

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 24251-24278

  Thompson, A M ^a,b,h   Pickering, K E ^b   McNamara, D P ^c   Schoeberl, M R ^a,h   Hudson, R D ^b   Kim, J H ^b,d   Browell, E V ^e   Kirchhoff, V W J H ^f   Nganga, D ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Applied Research Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITÉ MARIEN NGOUABI   (Congo)

^h NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; SAFARI-92; SEASONAL TROPOSPHERIC MAXIMUM; SOURCE; TOMS; TRACE A; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL SOUTH);

EID: 0030427364     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01463     Document Type: Article

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