MOZART, a global chemical transport model for ozone and related chemical tracers 1. Model description

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D21, 1998, Pages 28265-28289

  Brasseur, G P ^a   Hauglustaine, D A ^a,b   Walters, S ^a   Rasch, P J ^a   Muller J F ^c   Granier, C ^b,d,e   Tie, X X ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MODEL; OZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033589854     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02397     Document Type: Article

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