Tropospheric ozone increases over the southern Africa region: bellwether for rapid growth in Southern Hemisphere pollution?

Increases in free-tropospheric (FT) ozone based on ozonesonde records from the early 1990s through 2008 over two subtropical stations, Irene (near Pretoria, South Africa) and Réunion (21° S, 55° E; ~2800 km NE of Irene in the Indian Ocean), have been reported. Over Irene a large increase in the urba...

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Main Authors: A. M. Thompson, N. V. Balashov, J. C. Witte, J. G. R. Coetzee, V. Thouret, F. Posny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-09-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/9855/2014/acp-14-9855-2014.pdf