Study of ozone formation and transatlantic transport from biomass burning emissions over West Africa during the airborne Tropospheric Ozone Campaigns TROPOZ I and TROPOZ II

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D15, 1998, Pages 19059-19073

  Jonquières, Isabelle ^a   Marenco, Alain ^a   Maalej, Ahmed ^a   Rohrer, Franz ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; OZONE;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0032552279     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD00819     Document Type: Article

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