Intra-seasonal variability in tropospheric ozone and water vapor in the tropics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Ziemke, J R ^a,b   Chandra, S ^a,b   Schoeberl, M R ^b   Froidevaux, L ^c   Read, W G ^c   Levelt, P F ^d   Bhartia, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

INTRA-SEASONAL VARIABILITY; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER (MLS); OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENT (OMI); TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 35949002430     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030965     Document Type: Article

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