Vertical nitrogen dioxide and ozone concentrations measured from a tethered balloon in the Lower Fraser Valley

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2071-2078

  Pisano, J T ^a,b   McKendry, I ^c   Steyn, D G ^c   Hastie, D R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Unisearch Associates Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; PACIFIC '93; Photochemistry; Vertical profiles

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMIDITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOG; TEMPERATURE;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PACIFIC '93; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER VALLEY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

VERTICAL OZONE PROFILES;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030616197     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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