Lightning NOx emissions over the USA constrained by TES ozone observations and the GEOS-Chem model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-119

  Jourdain, L ^a   Kulawik, S S ^a   Worden, H M ^b   Pickering, K E ^c   Worden, J ^a   Thompson, A M ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOS; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPOSPHERE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049104027     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-107-2010     Document Type: Article

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