Summertime tropospheric ozone assessment over the Mediterranean region using the thermal infrared IASI/MetOp sounder and the WRF-Chem model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10119-10131

  Safieddine, S ^a   Boynard, A ^a   Coheur, P F ^b   Hurtmans, D ^b   Pfister, G ^c   Quennehen, B ^a   Thomas, J L ^a   Raut, J C ^a   Law, K S ^a   Klimont, Z ^d   Hadji Lazaro, J ^a   George, M ^a   Clerbaux, C ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; IASI; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84907918397     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-10119-2014     Document Type: Article

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