Spatial and temporal assessment of sources contributing to the annual austral spring mid-tropospheric ozone maxima over the tropical South Atlantic

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 336-345

  Swap, Robert J ^a   Szuba, Thomas A ^a   Garstang, Michael ^a   Annegarn, Harold J ^b   Marufu, Lackson ^c   Piketh Stuart J , J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African ozone; Biogenic precursors; Biomass burning precursors; Industrial precursors; Mid tropospheric ozone; Tropical ozone

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; LIGHTNING; OZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037355140     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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