Transport pathways of CO in the African upper troposphere during the monsoon season: A study based upon the assimilation of spaceborne observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3231-3246

  Barret, B ^a,b   Ricaud, P ^a,b   Mari, C ^a,b   Attie J L ^a,b   Bousserez, N ^a,b   Josse, B ^c   Le Flochmoen E ^a,b   Livesey, N J ^e   Massart, S ^d   Peuch, V H ^c   Piacentini, A ^d   Sauvage, B ^a,b   Thouret, V ^a,b   Cammas, J P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d CERFACS   (France)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON MONOXIDE; MONSOON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 46249083487     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-3231-2008     Document Type: Article

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