General characteristics of tropospheric trace constituent layers observed in the MOZAIC program

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D13, 2000, Pages 17379-17392

  Thouret, Valérie ^a   Cho, John Y N ^a   Newell, Reginald E ^a   Marenco, Alain ^b   Smit, Herman G J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033792299     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900238     Document Type: Article

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