Lower tropospheric structure and synoptic scale circulation patterns during prolonged temperature inversions over Athens, Greece

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 60, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 63-76

  Prezerakos, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Athens; Atmospheric circulation; Boundary layer; Greece; Temperature inversion; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATHENS; GREECE;

EID: 0032466451     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050034     Document Type: Article

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