Ozone concentration profiles in the Los Angeles Basin - A possible similarity in the build-up mechanism of inland surface ozone in Israel

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1085-1090

  Dayan, Uri ^a   Koch, Jean ^a  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; OZONE LAYER; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AIR QUALITY STUDY;

ISRAEL, JUDEAN DESERT; USA, CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES BASIN;

EID: 0030432681     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1085:OCPITL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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