A springtime comparison of tropospheric ozone and transport pathways on the east and west coasts of the United States

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Cooper, Owen R ^a,b   Stohl, A ^a,b   Eckhardt, S ^c   Parrish, D D ^b   Oltmans, S J ^d   Johnson, B J ^d   Nedelec P ^e   Schmidlin, F J ^f   Newchurch, M J ^g   Kondo, Y ^h   Kita, K ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444435941     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005183     Document Type: Article

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