Geographic and seasonal distributions of CO transport pathways and their roles in determining CO centers in the upper troposphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4683-4698

  Huang, L ^a   Fu, R ^a   Jiang, J H ^b   Wright, J S ^a   Luo, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

CENTRAL AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84861668242     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4683-2012     Document Type: Article

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