On the distribution and variability of ozone in the tropical upper troposphere: Implications for tropical deep convection and chemical-dynamical coupling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Solomon, S ^a   Thompson, D W J ^b   Portmann, R W ^a   Oltmans, S J ^c   Thompson, A M ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; OZONE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL-DYNAMICAL COUPLING; TROPICAL DEEP CONVECTION; TROPICAL OZONESONDE MEASUREMENT;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31544475115     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024323     Document Type: Article

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