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Climatology of NOy in the troposphere and UT/LS from measurements made in MOZAIC Cover

Climatology of NOy in the troposphere and UT/LS from measurements made in MOZAIC

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v67.28793 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 28793 - 28793
Submitted on: Jun 8, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 24, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
MOZAIC,
commercial aircraft,
nitrogen oxides,
total odd nitrogen,
ozone

© 2015 Karin Thomas, Marcel Berg, Damien Boulanger, Norbert Houben, Alicia Gressent, Philippe Nédélec, Hans-Werner Pätz, Valerie Thouret, Andreas Volz-Thomas, published by Stockholm University Press
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