Tropospheric ozone changes at unpolluted and semipolluted regions induced by stratospheric ozone changes

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Isaksen, I S A ^a   Zerefos, C ^b   Kourtidis, K ^c,d   Meleti, C ^c   Dalsøren, Stig B ^a   Sundet, J K ^a   Grini, A ^a,e   Zanis, P ^f   Balis, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d Sch Eng   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SAMOA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LOA; MAUNA;

EID: 17044401712     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004618     Document Type: Article

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