Meteorological factors associated with inhomogeneous ozone concentrations within the Mexico City basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D15, 1998, Pages 18927-18946

  Fast, Jerome D ^a   Zhong, Shiyuan ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; OZONE; URBAN AREA;

MEXICO; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 0032552272     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01725     Document Type: Article

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