Current status of the ability of the GEMS/MACC models to reproduce the tropospheric CO vertical distribution as measured by MOZAIC

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 501-518

  Elguindi, N ^a   Clark, H ^a   Ordonez C ^a,b   Thouret, V ^a   Flemming, J ^c   Stein, O ^d   Huijnen, V ^e   Moinat, P ^f   Inness, A ^c   Peuch, V H ^f   Stohl, A ^g   Turquety, S ^h   Athier, G ^a   Cammas, J P ^a   Schultz, M ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOREAL FOREST; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ASSIMILATION; DATABASE; EMISSION INVENTORY; FORECASTING METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; MOZAIC PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WILDFIRE;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860919548     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-3-501-2010     Document Type: Article

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