Impact of vertical transport processes on the tropospheric ozone layering above Europe.: Part II: Climatological analysis of the past 30 years

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 5423-5435

  Colette, Augustin ^a   Ancellet, Gérard ^a  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary layer venting; Ozonesondes; Stratosphere to troposphere exchange; Transport pathways; Tropospheric ozone climatology

Indexed keywords

AIR; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

BOUNDARY LAYER VENTING; OZONESONDES; STRATOSPHERE TO TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE CLIMATOLOGY;

OZONE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; OZONE; OZONESONDE; STRATIFICATION; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DATA BASE; EUROPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23944449634     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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