Tropospheric ozone variability in the tropics from ENSO to MJO and shorter timescales

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8037-8049

  Ziemke, J R ^a,b   Douglass, A R ^b   Oman, L D ^b   Strahan, S E ^b,c   Duncan, B N ^b  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84937802757     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8037-2015     Document Type: Article

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