The response of the equatorial tropospheric ozone to the Madden-Julian Oscillation in TES satellite observations and CAM-chem model simulation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11775-11790

  Sun, W ^a   Hess, P ^b   Tian, B ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84911431115     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-11775-2014     Document Type: Article

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