Measurement of ozone and water vapor by Airbus in-service aircraft: The MOZAIC airborne program, An overview

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D19, 1998, Pages 25631-25642

  Marenco, Alain ^a,g   Thouret, Valérie ^a,g   Nédélec, Philippe ^a,g   Smit, Herman ^b   Helten, Manfred ^b   Kley, Dieter ^b   Karcher, Fernand ^c   Simon, Pascal ^c   Law, Kathy ^d   Pyle, John ^d   Poschmann, Georg ^e   Von Wrede, Rainer ^e   Hume, Chris ^f   Cook, Tim ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e AIRBUS   (France)

^f BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

^g OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; MODELING; OZONE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032463949     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD00977     Document Type: Review

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