Pic 2005, a field campaign to investigate low-tropospheric ozone variability in the Pyrenees

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 640-665

  Gheusi, F ^a   Ravetta, F ^b   Delbarre, H ^c   Tsamalis, C ^b   Chevalier Rosso, A ^a   Leroy, C ^c   Augustin, P ^c   Delmas, R ^a,d   Ancellet, G ^b   Athier, G ^a   Bouchou, P ^a   Campistron, B ^a   Cousin, J M ^a   Fourmentin, M ^c   Meyerfeld, Y ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

High altitude station; Lidar; Mountain boundary layer; Ozone; Thermally induced wind; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LANDFORMS; MIXING; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL ATMOSPHERE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; HIGH-ALTITUDE STATION; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIODS; THERMALLY INDUCED; TRACE-GASES;

OZONE LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIDAR; MOUNTAIN; OZONE DEPLETION; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

FRANCE; PYRENEES;

EID: 79960142537     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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