Seasonality of tropospheric ozone and water vapor over Delhi, India: A study based on MOZAIC measurement data

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-174

  Sahu, Lokesh K ^a   Lal, Shyam ^b   Thouret, Valérie ^c   Smit, Herman G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delhi; Fire; Marine; Ozone; Rain; Transport; Tropical; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

OZONE; RAIN;

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MIXING RATIO; MOZAIC PROGRAM; OZONE; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER VAPOR;

AFRICA; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE; FOREST; GAS MIXING; HUMIDITY; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; REMOTE SENSING; SAUDI ARABIA; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WIND; WINTER;

ARABIAN SEA; DELHI; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77952238229     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-010-9146-1     Document Type: Article

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