The impact of free convection on late morning ozone decreases on an Alpine foreland mountain summit

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5941-5956

  Mayer, J C ^a   Staudt, K ^b   Gilge, S ^c   Meixner, F X ^a,d   Foken, T ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; FIELDWORK; MIXING RATIO; MOUNTAIN; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE LAYER; TIME SERIES;

EID: 54249114963     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-5941-2008     Document Type: Article

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