Investigating the long-term evolution of subtropical ozone profiles applying ground-based FTIR spectrometry

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2917-2931

  Garcia O E ^a   Schneider, M ^a,b   Redondas, A ^a   Gonzalez Y ^a   Hase, F ^b   Blumenstock, T ^b   Sepulveda E ^a,c  

^a Izanã Atmospheric Research Center IARC   (Spain)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATORY; OZONE; SEASONALITY; STRATOSPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 84880527652     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-2917-2012     Document Type: Article

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