Seasonal cycles of ozone and oxidized nitrogen species in northeast Asia 2. A model analysis of the roles of chemistry and transport

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D23, 2002, Pages

  Tanimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Wild, Oliver ^b   Kato, Shungo ^c,d   Furutani, Hiroshi ^c,e   Makide, Yoshihiro ^f   Komazaki, Yuichi ^g   Hashimoto, Shigeru ^g   Tanaka, Shigeru ^g   Akimoto, Hajime ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oxidized nitrogen; Photochemistry; Seasonal cycle; Transport; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342321357     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001497     Document Type: Article

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