Evaluation of near-surface ozone over Europe from the MACC reanalysis

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2299-2314

  Katragkou, E ^a   Zanis, P ^a   Tsikerdekis, A ^a   Kapsomenakis, J ^b   Melas, D ^a   Eskes, H ^c   Flemming, J ^d   Huijnen, V ^c   Inness, A ^d   Schultz, M G ^e   Stein, O ^e   Zerefos, C S ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEASONALITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84938521378     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-2299-2015     Document Type: Article

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