The balance of effects of deep convective mixing on tropospheric ozone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Lawrence, Mark G ^a   von Kuhlmann, Rolf ^a   Salzmann, Marc ^a   Rasch, Philip J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; OZONE; REDUCTION; TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE MIXING; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; CUMULUS CONVECTION; GLOBAL CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; MEAN LIFETIME; TROPOSPHERIC O; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

GEOPHYSICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIXING; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0346911877     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017644     Document Type: Article

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