On the origin of tropospheric ozone and NOx over the tropical South Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D5, 1999, Pages 5829-5843

  Schultz, Martin G ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Wang, Yuhang ^a,b   Logan, Jennifer A ^a   Atlas, Elliot L ^c   Blake, Donald R ^d   Blake, Nicola J ^d   Bradshaw, John D ⁱ   Browell, Edward V ^e   Fenn, Marta A ^e   Flocke, Frank ^c   Gregory, Gerald L ^e   Heikes, Brian G ^f   Sachse, Glen W ^f   Sandholm, Scott T ^b   Shetter, Richard E ^c   Singh, Hanwant B ^g   Talbot, R W ^h  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁱ NASA Langley Research Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TROPOSPHERE;

(TROPICAL SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033586221     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02309     Document Type: Article

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