Initial comparison of ozone and NO2 profiles from ACE-MAESTRO with balloon and satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Kar, Jayanta ^a   McElroy, C Thomas ^a,b   Drummond, James R ^a,c   Zou, Jason ^a   Nichitiu, Florian ^a   Walker, Kaley A ^a,d   Randall, Cora E ^e   Nowlan, Caroline R ^a   Dufour, Denis G ^a   Boone, Chris D ^d   Bernath, Peter F ^d   Trepte, Charles R ^f   Thomason, Larry W ^f   McLinden, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BALLOON OBSERVATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; OZONESONDE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 35348982965     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008242     Document Type: Article

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