Analysis of satellite remote sensing observations of low ozone events in the tropical upper troposphere and links with convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3761-3765

  Cooper, Matthew J ^a   Martin, Randall V ^a,b   Livesey, Nathaniel J ^c   Degenstein, Doug A ^d   Walker, Kaley A ^e,f  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

convection; ENSO; ozone; upper troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; ENSO; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; INFRARED IMAGING; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84880441244     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50717     Document Type: Article

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