Quantification of ozone reductions within the Saharan air layer through a 13-year climatologic analysis of ozone profiles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-34

  Andrey, J ^a   Cuevas, E ^b   Parrondo, M C ^a   Alonso Perez S ^b,c   Redondas, A ^b   Gil Ojeda, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b Izaña Atmospheric Research Center AEMET   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Ozone; Ozonesonde; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CANARY ISLANDS; OZONE SONDES; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; SAHARAN DUST; SATELLITE SPECTROMETERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

OZONE LAYER;

OZONE; WATER;

AEROSOL; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; OZONESONDE; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTROMETER; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER CONTENT;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DUST; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; SUMMER; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

CANARY ISLANDS; SAHARA; SPAIN;

EID: 84889578363     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.030     Document Type: Article

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