Analysis of the seasonal behavior of tropospheric ozone at Hong Kong

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-168

  Chan, L Y ^a   Liu, H Y ^a   Lam, K S ^a   Wang, T ^a   Oltmans, S J ^b   Harris, J M ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Asia local Hadley circulation; Relative minimum of ozone mixing ratio; Seasonal variation; Tropospheric ozone column; Vertical ozone profile

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

OZONE;

OZONE; SEASONALITY; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; HONG KONG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0031986470     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00320-8     Document Type: Article

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