Elevated ozone layers and vertical down-mixing over the Lower Fraser Valley, BC

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2135-2146

  McKendry, I G ^c   Steyn, D G ^c   Lundgren, J ^c   Hoff, R M ^a   Strapp, W ^c   Anlauf, K ^c   Froude, F ^a   Martin, J B ^a   Banta, R M ^b   Olivier, L D ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Air quality; Layers aloft; Lidar; Ozone; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CANADA; METEOROLOGY; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR;

VERTICAL MIXING;

OZONE LAYER;

AIR QUALITY; LIDAR; OZONE; PACIFIC '93; POLLUTANT LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER VALLEY;

EID: 0030616202     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00127-6     Document Type: Article

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