Lightning-produced NOx in an explicit electrical scheme tested in a Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone case study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Barthe, Christelle ^a   Pinty, Jean Pierre ^a   Mari, Céline ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; SUPERCELL; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34249681141     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007402     Document Type: Article

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