Tropospheric ozone over the North Pacific from ozonesonde observations

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Oltmans, S J ^a   Johnson, B J ^a   Harris, J M ^a   Thompson, A M ^b   Liu, H Y ^c   Chan, C Y ^d   Vomel H ^e   Fujimoto, T ^f   Brackett, V G ^g   Chang, W L ^h   Chen, J P ⁱ   Kim, J H ^j   Chan, L Y ^d   Chang, H W ^k  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^j Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^k CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Biomass burning; Stratosphere troposphere exchange; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE; OZONESONDE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 6444230225     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD003466     Document Type: Article

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