Are the TRACE-P measurements representative of the western Pacific during March 2001?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Hsu, Juno ^a   Prather, Michael J ^a   Wild, Oliver ^b   Sundet, Jostein K ^c   Isaksen, Ivar S A ^c   Browell, Edward V ^d   Avery, Melody A ^d   Sachse, Glen W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CTM simulations; EOF; PDFs; Representatives; Sampling bias; TRACE P measurements

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; OZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING BIAS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2642533791     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004002     Document Type: Article

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