The global structure of upper troposphere-lower stratosphere ozone in GEOS-5: A multiyear assimilation of EOS Aura data

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2013-2036

  Wargan, Krzysztof ^a,b   Pawson, Steven ^a   Olsen, Mark A ^a,c   Witte, Jacquelyn C ^a,b   Douglass, Anne R ^a   Ziemke, Jerald R ^a,c   Strahan, Susan E ^a,d   Nielsen, J Eric ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; EOS; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; OZONESONDE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 84925612126     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022493     Document Type: Article

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