Diagnosing the stratosphere-to-troposphere flux of ozone in a chemistry transport model

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Hsu, Juno ^a   Prather, Michael J ^a   Wild, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION;

EID: 28044438720     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006045     Document Type: Article

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