Evaluation of 2001 springtime CO transport over West Africa using MOPITT CO measurements assimilated in a global chemistry transport model

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-176

  Pradier, Stéphanie ^a   Attié, Jean Luc ^b   Chong, Michel ^b   Escobar, Juan ^b   Peuch, Vincent Henri ^a   Lamarque, Jean François ^c   Khattatov, Boris ^c   Edwards, David ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; GAS TRANSPORT; KALMAN FILTER; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745055722     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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