Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net 1680-7367 1680-7375 9 3 2009 10.5194/acpd-9-12829-2009 http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/12829/2009/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/12829/2009/acpd-9-12829-2009.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/12829/2009/acpd-9-12829-2009.pdf 12829 12856 2009-06-04 Evaluating the potential of IASI ozone observations to constrain simulated surface ozone concentrations G. Foret foret@lisa.univ-paris12.fr M. Beekmann M. Eremenko L. Hamaoui C. Schmechtig C. Keim G. Dufour A. Boynard A. 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