Increasing springtime ozone mixing ratios in the free troposphere over western North America

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7279, 2010, Pages 344-348

  Cooper, O R ^a,b   Parrish, D D ^b   Stohl, A ^c   Trainer, M ^b   Nedelec P ^d   Thouret, V ^d   Cammas, J P ^d   Oltmans, S J ^b   Johnson, B J ^b   Tarasick, D ^e   Leblanc, T ^f   McDermid, I S ^f   Jaffe, D ^g   Gao, R ^b   Stith, J ^h   Ryerson, T ^b   Aikin, K ^a,b   Campos, T ⁱ   Weinheimer, A ⁱ   Avery, M A ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; SPRING (SEASON); TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ASIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NORTH AMERICA; OZONE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 75149196769     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08708     Document Type: Article

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