Vertical ozone distribution over southern Africa and adjacent oceans during SAFARI-92

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 23823-23833

  Diab, R D ^a   Thompson, A M ^b   Zunckel, M ^c   Coetzee, G J R ^d   Combrink, J ^a,e,i   Bodeker, G E ^a,f   Fishman, J ^g   Sokolic, F ^a   McNamara, D P ^b   Archer, C B ^d   Nganga, D ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^e DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ MARIEN NGOUABI   (Congo)

ⁱ TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; BIOMASS BURNING; OZONE; SAFARI-92; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL PROFILES;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN); ATLANTIC, ASCENSION ISLAND;

EID: 0030435574     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01267     Document Type: Article

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