Observations of ozone transport from the free troposphere to the Los Angeles basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Neuman, J A ^a,b   Trainer, M ^b   Aikin, K C ^a,b   Angevine, W M ^a,b   Brioude, J ^a,b   Brown, S S ^b   De Gouw, J A ^a,b   Dube, W P ^a,b   Flynn, J H ^c   Graus, M ^a,b   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Lefer, B L ^c   Nedelec, P ^d   Nowak, J B ^a,b   Parrish, D D ^a,b   Pollack, I B ^a,b   Roberts, J M ^a,b   Ryerson, T B ^b   Smit, H ^e   Thouret, V ^d   Wagner, N L ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; NITRIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE;

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GASPHASE; IN-SITU; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LOS ANGELES; LOS ANGELES BASIN; MARINE AIR; MEASUREMENTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; OZONE TRANSPORT; OZONE-RICH AIR; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PRIMARY AIR; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

OZONE;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TROPOSPHERE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857495192     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016919     Document Type: Article

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