A climatology of surface ozone in the extra tropics: Cluster analysis of observations and model results

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6099-6117

  Tarasova, O A ^a,b   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^a   Jockel P ^a   Zvyagintsev, A M ^c   Kuznetsov, G I ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 77951997327     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-6099-2007     Document Type: Article

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