Transport of ozone to the surface by convective downdrafts at night

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages LBA-13-1-LBA-13-6

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Gatti, Luciana V ^b   Cordova, Ana Maria ^b   Silva Dias, Maria A F ^c   Fuentes, Jose D ^d  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

0368 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposhere constituent transport and chemistry; 3307 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Boundary layer processes; 3314 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Convective processes

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEPOSITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT CONVECTION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; WET SEASON;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448985714     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000158     Document Type: Article

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