Tropospheric ozone increases over the southern Africa region: Bellwether for rapid growth in Southern Hemisphere pollution?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 9855-9869

  Thompson, A M ^a,b   Balashov, N V ^b   Witte, J C ^a,c   Coetzee, J G R ^d   Thouret, V ^e   Posny, F ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^e LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; OZONESONDE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

GAUTENG; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST); IRENE; MADAGASCAR; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84907221168     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-9855-2014     Document Type: Article

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