Origin of ozone and NOx in the tropical troposphere: A photochemical analysis of aircraft observations over the South Atlantic basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 24235-24250

  Jacob, D J ^a   Heikes, B G ^b   Fan, S M ^a,c   Logan, J A ^a   Mauzerall, D L ^a   Bradshaw, J D ^d   Singh, H B ^e   Gregory, G L ^f   Talbot, R W ^g   Blake, D R ^h   Sachse, G W ^f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TRACE A; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL SOUTH);

EID: 0030439490     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd00336     Document Type: Article

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