The APE-THESEO tropical campaign: An overview

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-33

  Stefanutti, L ^a,c   MacKenzie, A R ^b   Santacesaria, V ^a   Adriani, A ^c   Balestri, Stefano ^d   Borrmann, S ^e   Khattatov, V ^f   Mazzinghi, P ^k   Mitev, V ^g   Rudakov, V ^d   Schiller, C ⁱ   Toci, G ^c   Volk, C M ^j   Yushkov, V ^f   Flentje, H ^l   Kiemle, C ^l   Redaelli, G ^m   Carslaw, K S ⁿ   Noone, K ^o   Peter, T H ^h,p  

^a Polo Scientifico ^*  (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d APE srl   (Italy)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^g Hôpital de Neuchâtel   (Switzerland)

^h MPI fur Chemie   (Germany)

ⁱ FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^j GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^l GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^o STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Atmospheric water vapour; Cirrus; Geophysica; Meteosat 5; Tropical tropopause

Indexed keywords

OZONE; TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CIRRUS; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLOUD; DEHYDRATION; GAS; INDIAN OCEAN; LATITUDE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEYCHELLES; STRATOSPHERE; TROPICS; WATER CONTENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 3543145021     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCH.0000034509.11746.b8     Document Type: Article

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