Springtime transitions of NO2, CO, and O3 over North America: Model evaluation and analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Choi, Yunsoo ^a,b   Wang, Yuhang ^a   Zeng, Tao ^a   Cunnold, Derek ^a   Yang, Eun Su ^a   Martin, Randall ^c,d   Chance, Kelly ^d   Thouret, Valerie ^e   Edgerton, Eric ^f  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; GOME; MODELING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149233987     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009632     Document Type: Article

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