Formation of the summertime ozone valley over the Tibetan Plateau: The Asian summer monsoon and air column variations

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1318-1325

  Bian, Jianchun ^a   Yan, Renchang ^a   Chen, Hongbin ^a   Lü, Daren ^a   Massie, Steven T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

air column variation; Asian summer monsoon; ozone valley; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054119416     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-011-0174-9     Document Type: Article

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