Trajectory matching of ozonesondes and MOZAIC measurements in the UTLS – Part 1: Method description and application at Payerne, Switzerland

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3393-3406

  Staufer, J ^a,d   Staehelin, J ^a   Stubi R ^b   Peter, T ^a   Tummon, F ^a   Thouret, V ^c  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; MOZAIC PROGRAM; OZONE; OZONESONDE; TRAJECTORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PAYERNE; SWITZERLAND; VAUD;

EID: 84890133612     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-3393-2013     Document Type: Article

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