A global simulation of tropospheric ozone and related tracers: Description and evaluation of MOZART, version 2

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Horowitz, Larry W ^a   Walters, Stacy ^b   Mauzerall, Denise L ^c   Emmons, Louisa K ^b   Rasch, Philip J ^b   Granier, Claire ^d,e   Tie, Xuexi ^b   Lamarque, Jean François ^b   Schultz, Martin G ^f   Tyndall, Geoffrey S ^b   Orlando, John J ^b   Brasseur, Guy P ^f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical transport model; Tropospheric chemistry; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 1642335606     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002853     Document Type: Article

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