Evaluating the potential of IASI ozone observations to constrain simulated surface ozone concentrations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8479-8491

  Foret, G ^a   Hamaoui, L ^a,b   Schmechtig, C ^a   Eremenko, M ^a   Keim, C ^a   Dufour, G ^a   Boynard, A ^a   Coman, A ^a   Ung, A ^b   Beekmann, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OZONE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 70450257533     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-8479-2009     Document Type: Article

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