Vertical variations in O3 concentrations before and after a gust front passage

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2002, Pages

  Darby, Lisa S ^a   Banta, Robert M ^a   Brewer, W Alan ^a   Neff, William D ^a   Marchbanks, Richard D ^b   McCarty, Brandi J ^b   Senff, Christoph J ^b   White, Allen B ^b   Angevine, Wayne M ^a   Williams, Eric J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; Gust front; Nocturnal ozone increase; Ozone lidar; Southern Oxidants Study; Vertical ozone distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448940525     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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