Equatorial total column of nitrous oxide as measured by IASI on MetOp-A: Implications for transport processes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3947-3956

  Ricaud, P ^a   Attie J L ^a,b   Teyssedre H ^b   Amraoui, L El ^b   Peuch, V H ^b   Matricardi, M ^c   Schluessel, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA SET; HADLEY CELL; INTERFEROMETER; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

AFRICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70450231204     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-3947-2009     Document Type: Article

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