Smart balloon observations over the North Atlantic: O3 data analysis and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Mao, Huiting ^a   Talbot, Robert ^a   Troop, Donald ^a   Johnson, Randy ^b   Businger, Steven ^c   Thompson, Anne M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Field Research Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; OZONE; WIND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BALLOON OBSERVATION; MIXING RATIO; OUTFLOW; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 33845355753     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006507     Document Type: Article

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