An idealized two-dimensional approach to study the impact of the West African monsoon on the meridional gradient of tropospheric ozone

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Saunois, Marielle ^a,b   Mari, C ^a,b   Thouret, V ^a,b   Cammas, J P ^a,b   Peyrille P ^c   Lafore, J P ^c   Sauvage, B ^a,b   Volz Thomas, A ^d   Nedelec P ^a,b   Pinty, J P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifque UMR5560 ^*  (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; LIGHTNING; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION; HADLEY CELL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LIGHTNING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONSOON; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 45749129781     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008707     Document Type: Article

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