Observation of near-zero ozone concentrations in the upper troposphere at mid-latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1173-1176

  Davies, W E ^a   Vaughan, G ^a   O'Connor, F M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; TROPOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; TROPICS;

OZONESONDES; TROPOPAUSE; CIRRUS CLOUDS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EXTRATROPICS; FRONTAL SURFACE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE LAYER;

MID LATITUDE; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032522182     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00909     Document Type: Article

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