Ozone, aerosol, potential vorticity, and trace gas trends observed at high-latitudes over North America from February to May 2000

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Browell, Edward V ^a   Hair, Jonathan W ^a   Butler, Carolyn F ^b   Grant, William B ^a   DeYoung, Russell J ^a   Fenn, Martha a ^b   Brackett, Vince G ^b   Clayton, Marian B ^b   Brasseur, Lorraine A ^b   Harper, David B ^b   Ridley, Brian A ^c   Klonecki, Andrzej A ^c   Hess, Peter G ^c   Emmons, Louisa K ^c   Tie, Xuexi ^c   Atlas, Elliot L ^c   Cantrell, Christopher A ^c   Wimmers, Anthony J ^d   Blake, Donald R ^e   Coffey, Michael T ^c   Hannigan, James W ^c   Dibb, Jack E ^f   Talbot, Robert W ^f   Flocke, Frank ^c   Weinheimer, Andrew J ^c   Fried, Alan ^c   Wert, Bryan ^c   Snow, Julie A ^g   Lefer, Barry L ^c   more..

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Arctic; Ozone; Springtime; Trends

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OZONE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TRACE GAS; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642480943     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001390     Document Type: Article

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