Interpreting the information in ozone observations and model predictions relevant to regulatory policies in the Eastern United States

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2083-2106

  Hogrefe, Christian ^a   Rao, S Trivikrama ^a,b,d   Zurbenko, Igor G ^b   Porter, P Steven ^b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d Office of Science and Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0000387518     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2083:ITIIOO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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