On the nature of air pollution dynamics in Mexico City-I. Nonlinear analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3987-3993

  Raga, G B ^a   Le Moyne, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air quality; Chaos theory analysis; Mexico city

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CITY; MEXICO; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTION; CIRCULATION; DYNAMICS; VORTICES;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHAOS THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING;

MEXICO, MEXICO CITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHAOS THEORY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VORTEX FLOW;

AUTOMATED NETWORK MONITORING; LOCAL OROGRAPHY; MEXICO; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030303191     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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