Sensitivity of tropical tropospheric composition to lightning NOx production as determined by replay simulations with GEOS-5

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8512-8534

  Liaskos, Christina E ^a,b   Allen, Dale J ^a   Pickering, Kenneth E ^a,c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; EOS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; NSCAT; OZONE; OZONESONDE; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 84942200031     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022987     Document Type: Article

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