Trajectory matching of ozonesondes and MOZAIC measurements in the UTLS - Part 2: Application to the global ozonesonde network

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 241-266

  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

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BALLOON OBSERVATION; DATA SET; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTE; MOZAIC PROGRAM; OZONESONDE; PHOTOMETER; SENSOR; TRAJECTORY; TROPOPAUSE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SCORESBY SUND;

EID: 84893230132     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-241-2014     Document Type: Article

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