Medium-range mid-tropospheric transport of ozone and precursors over Africa: Two numerical case studies in dry and wet seasons

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 5357-5370

  Sauvage, B ^a   Gheusi, F ^a   Thouret, V ^a   Cammas, J P ^a   Duron, J ^a   Escobar, J ^a   Mari, C ^a   Mascart, P ^a   Pont, V ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DRY SEASON; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WET SEASON;

AFRICA; LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 35348978826     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-5357-2007     Document Type: Article

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