Upper tropospheric ozone production from lightning NOx-impacted convection: Smoke ingestion case study from the DC3 campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2505-2523

  Apel, E C ^a   Hornbrook, R S ^a   Hills, A J ^a   Blake, N J ^b   Barth, M C ^a   Weinheimer, A ^a   Cantrell, C ^c   Rutledge, S A ^d   Basarab, B ^d   Crawford, J ^e   Diskin, G ^e   Homeyer, C R ^a   Campos, T ^a   Flocke, F ^a   Fried, A ^c   Blake, D R ^b   Brune, W ^f   Pollack, I ^g   Peischl, J ^g   Ryerson, T ^g   Wennberg, P O ^h   Crounse, J D ^h   Wisthaler, A ^i,j   Mikoviny, T ^i,j   Huey, G ^k   Heikes, B ^l   O'Sullivan D ^m   Riemer, D D ⁿ   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^k GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^m UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CYANIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHTNING; MIXING RATIO; NITROUS OXIDE; OUTFLOW; OZONE; PLUME; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SMOKE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WILDFIRE;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927691023     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022121     Document Type: Article

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