Atmospheric transport and photochemistry of ozone over central Southern Africa during the Southern Africa Fire-Atmosphere research initiative

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 10623-10635

  Tyson, P D ^a   Garstang, M ^a,b   Thompson, A M ^a,c   D'Abreton, P ^a   Diab, R D ^a,d   Browell, E V ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SAFARI; SOUTHERN AFRICA FIRE-ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH INITIATIVE;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0031417013     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00170     Document Type: Article

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