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On the use of MOZAIC-IAGOS data to assess the ability of the MACC reanalysis to reproduce the distribution of ozone and CO in the UTLS over Europe Cover

On the use of MOZAIC-IAGOS data to assess the ability of the MACC reanalysis to reproduce the distribution of ozone and CO in the UTLS over Europe

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v67.27955 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 27955 - 27955
Submitted on: Mar 23, 2015
Accepted on: Oct 14, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
ozone,
carbon monoxide,
UTLS,
mixing processes,
MOZAIC,
MACC reanalysis

© 2015 Audrey Gaudel, Hannah Clark, Valerie Thouret, Luke Jones, Antje Inness, Johannes Flemming, Olaf Stein, Vincent Huijnen, Henk Eskes, Philippe Nedelec, Damien Boulanger, published by Stockholm University Press
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