Estimation of surface O 3 from lower-troposphere partial-column information: Vertical correlations and covariances in ozonesonde profiles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-113

  Chatfield, Robert B ^a   Esswein, Robert F ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Bay Area Environmental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer structure; Ozonesonde; Pollution layering; Remote retrieval; Smog ozone; Statistical structure of atmosphere; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; OZONE SONDES; REMOTE RETRIEVAL; STATISTICAL STRUCTURES; SURFACE OZONE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COVARIANCE MATRIX; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MIXING; NASA; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MIXING RATIO; NOAA SATELLITE; OZONE; PHYTOTOXICITY; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSFORMATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SMOG; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; SYNTHESIS; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84864528678     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.033     Document Type: Article

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