Free-troposphere ozone and carbon monoxide over the North Atlantic for 2001-2011

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 12537-12547

  Kumar, A ^a   Wu, S ^a   Weise, M F ^a   Honrath, R ^a   Owen, R C ^b   Helmig, D ^c   Kramer, L ^a   Val Martin, M ^d   Li, Q ^e  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84891120841     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-12537-2013     Document Type: Article

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