Tropical ozone as an indicator of deep convection

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2002, Pages ACH-13-1-ACH-13-10

  Folkins, Ian ^a   Braun, Christopher ^a   Thompson, Anne M ^b   Witte, Jacquelyn ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Detrainment; Ozone; Tropics; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; OZONE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 32044455534     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001178     Document Type: Article

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