Influence of springtime weather systems on vertical ozone distributions over three North American sites

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D17, 1998, Pages 22001-22013

  Cooper, O R ^a   Moody, J L ^a   Davenport, J C ^a   Oltmans, S J ^b   Johnson, B J ^b   Chen, X ^c,e   Shepson, P B ^c,e   Merrill, J T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER;

EID: 0032552721     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01801     Document Type: Article

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