An overview of two years of ozone radio soundings over Cotonou as part of AMMA

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6157-6174

  Thouret, V ^a   Saunois, M ^a   Minga, A ^b   Mariscal, A ^a,f   Sauvage, B ^a   Solete, A ^c   Agbangla, D ^c   Nedelec P ^a   Mari, C ^a   Reeves, C E ^d   Schlager, H ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale Faculté des Sciences de la Santé University Marien Ngouabi   (Congo)

^c Agence Pour la SECurité de la Navigation Aérienne en Afrique et À Madagascar   (Benin)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; RADIOSONDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; COTONOU; OUEME;

EID: 75949111410     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-6157-2009     Document Type: Review

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