Why are there large differences between models in global budgets of tropospheric ozone?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Wu, Shiliang ^a   Mickley, Loretta J ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Logan, Jennifer A ^a   Yantosca, Robert M ^a   Rind, David ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33847187654     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007801     Document Type: Article

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