Ozone climatologies at 9-12 km altitude as seen by the MOZAIC airborne program between September 1994 and August 1996

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D19, 1998, Pages 25653-25679

  Thouret, Valérie ^a   Marenco, Alain ^a   Nédélec, Philippe ^a   Grouhel, Cédric ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLIMATOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032454138     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01807     Document Type: Article

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