Tracer measurements in the tropical tropopause layer during the AMMA/SCOUT-O3 aircraft campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3615-3627

  Homan, C D ^a,e   Volk, C M ^a,e   Kuhn, A C ^a   Werner, A ^a   Baehr, J ^a   Viciani, S ^b   Ulanovski, A ^c   Ravegnani, F ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^c CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; MONSOON; NITROGEN OXIDES; OUTFLOW; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84860388876     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3615-2010     Document Type: Article

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