Stratosphere-troposphere ozone exchange from high resolution MLS ozone analyses

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6129-6144

  Barre J ^a   Peuch, V H ^b   Attie J L ^a,c   El Amraoui, L ^a   Lahoz, W A ^a,d   Josse, B ^a   Claeyman, M ^a,c   Nedelec P ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FORECASTING METHOD; OZONE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84864461306     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6129-2012     Document Type: Article

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