Ozone measurements from eyewall transects of two Atlantic Tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 166-174

  Carsey, Thomas P ^a   Willoughby, Hugh E ^b  

^a Southeast Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; OZONE; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT;

BOUNDARY LAYER AIR; HURRICANE RESEARCH; OZONE MEASUREMENT;

STORMS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OZONE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 14344266558     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-2844.1     Document Type: Article

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