Articles | Volume 24, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1979-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1979-2024
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14 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2024

Influences of downward transport and photochemistry on surface ozone over East Antarctica during austral summer: in situ observations and model simulations

Imran A. Girach, Narendra Ojha, Prabha R. Nair, Kandula V. Subrahmanyam, Neelakantan Koushik, Mohammed M. Nazeer, Nadimpally Kiran Kumar, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Jos Lelieveld, and Andrea Pozzer

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