Lower tropospheric ozone trend observed in 1989-1997 at Okinawa, Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1637-1640

  Lee, Shanhu ^a,e   Akimoto, Hajime ^a   Nakane, Hideaki ^b   Kurnosenko, Sergey ^b,d   Kinjo, Yoshikatsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

^d Central Aerogical Observatory   (Russian Federation)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; AIR POLLUTION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CONTINENTAL OUTFLOW; NORTHEAST ASIAN REGION; OKINAWA ISLANDS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; SURFACE OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

OZONE LAYER;

LOWER TROPOSPHERIC OZONE LAYER; OZONE SOUNDING;

OZONE; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

JAPAN, OKINAWA;

EID: 0032523578     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01224     Document Type: Article

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