Tropospheric ozone climatology over Irene, South Africa, from 1990 to 1994 and 1998 to 2002

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Diab, R D ^a   Thompson, A M ^b   Mari, K ^a   Ramsay, L ^a   Coetzee, G J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Tropical climatology; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; OZONE; OZONESONDE; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 11844274592     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004793     Document Type: Article

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