Tropospheric ozone production regions and the intercontinental origins of surface ozone over Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 216-224

  Derwent, Richard G ^a   Utembe, Steven R ^b   Jenkin, Michael E ^c   Shallcross, Dudley E ^d  

^a School of Earth Sciences University of Melbourne ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Atmospheric Chemistry Services   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemistry transport models; Intercontinental transport; Ozone trends; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; INTERCONTINENTAL TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OZONE TRENDS; SECONDARY REACTIONS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

OZONE LAYER;

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MONITORING SYSTEM; OXIDATION; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTION; EUROPE; LATITUDE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84929497527     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.049     Document Type: Article

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