Ozone, water vapor, and temperature in the upper tropical troposphere: Variations over a decade of MOZAIC measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bortz, Sarah E ^a   Prather, Michael J ^a   Cammans, Jean Pierre ^b   Thouret, Valérie ^b   Smit, Herman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33646376920     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006512     Document Type: Article

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