Nocturnal cleansing flows in a tributary valley

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2147-2162

  Banta, Robert M ^a   Shepson, Paul B ^b,c   Bottenheim, Jan W ^d   Anlauf, Kurt G ^d   Wiebe, H A ^d   Gallant, A ^d   Biesenthal, T ^b   Olivier, Lisa D ^a   Zhu, Cui Juan ^e   McKendry, Ian G ^f   Steyn, Douw G ^f  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e Coop Inst Res in Environ Sci ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BC; Doppler lidar; Downvalley flows; Dry deposition; Katabatic flow; Ozone; Valley outflow jets; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRY DEPOSITION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DOPPLER RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

DRY DEPOSITION; KATABATIC FLOW;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; CLEANING; VALLEYS;

AIR FLOW; DOPPLER LIDAR; DRY DEPOSITION; KATABATIC FLOW; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VALLEY OUTFLOW;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, LOWER FRASER VALLEY;

EID: 0030616206     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00359-7     Document Type: Article

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