Identifying the origin of anomalous high tropospheric ozone in the ozonesonde data at uccle by comparison with nearby de Bilt

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 102-116

  Van Malderen, R ^a   De Backer, H ^a   Delcloo, A ^a   Allaart, M ^b  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

data quality assessment; instrument comparison; ozone; ozonesonde; troposphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922609656     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2014.886552     Document Type: Article

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