Impact of transatlantic transport episodes on summertime ozone in Europe

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2057-2072

  Guerova, G ^a   Bey, I ^a   Attie J L ^b   Martin, R V ^c,d   Cui, J ^e   Sprenger, M ^e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLONE; EOS; GOME; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745549322     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-2057-2006     Document Type: Review

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