Observed vertical distribution of tropospheric ozone during the Asian summertime monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Worden, John ^a   Jones, Dylan B A ^b   Liu, Jane ^b   Parrington, Mark ^b   Bowman, Kevin ^a   Stajner, Ivanka ^c   Beer, Reinhard ^a   Jiang, Jonathan ^a   Thouret, Valérie ^d   Kulawik, Susan ^a   Li, Jui Lin F ^a   Verma, Sunita ^a   Worden, Helen ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Incorporated Falls Church ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT EXHIBITIONS; AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS; CLIMATOLOGY; NANOSENSORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; WATER VAPOR;

AIRBUS AIRCRAFT; ASIAN MONSOON; CENTRAL ASIA; GODDARD EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERIC EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MONSOON; OZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 70349314956     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010560     Document Type: Article

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