Stratospheric contribution to high surface ozone in Colorado during springtime

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Langford, A O ^a   Aikin, K C ^b   Eubank, C S ^b   Williams, E J ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORADO FRONT RANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIXING RATIOS; MONITORING STATIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; STABLE LAYER; SURFACE OZONE; SURFACE SITES; UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH;

ATMOSPHERICS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

OZONE LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LIDAR; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; STANDARD (REGULATION); STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749106925     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038367     Document Type: Article

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