Evaluation of ACE-FTS and OSIRIS Satellite retrievals of ozone and nitric acid in the tropical upper troposphere: Application to ozone production efficiency

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Cooper, Matthew ^a   Martin, Randall V ^a,b   Sauvage, Bastien ^c   Boone, Chris D ^d   Walker, Kaley A ^d,e   Bernath, Peter F ^d,f   McLinden, Chris A ^g   Degenstein, Doug A ^h   Volz Thomas, Andreas ⁱ   Wespes, Catherine ^j  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

ⁱ FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE; SATELLITES; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ACE-FTS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL SIMULATION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE PRODUCTION; OZONE SONDES; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; UNCERTAIN EVIDENCE; UPPER LIMITS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

NITRIC ACID;

AIRCRAFT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRIC ACID; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OSIRIS; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79960081989     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015056     Document Type: Article

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