A comparison of ozone and thermal tropopause heights and the impact of tropopause definition on quantifying the ozone content of the troposphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 532, 1996, Pages 929-944

  Bethan, S ^a   Vaughan, G ^a   Reid, S J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ozone profiles; Temperature profiles; Tropopause definition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OZONE PROFILE; OZONE TROPOPAUSE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0030478273     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53206     Document Type: Review

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