Modelling study of the impact of deep convection on the utls air composition - Part I: Analysis of ozone precursors

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1567-1584

  Marecal V ^a   Riviere E D ^a,e   Held, G ^b   Cautenet, S ^c   Freitas, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e et Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CONVECTION; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; TROPOPAUSE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BAURU; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746922024     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-1567-2006     Document Type: Article

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