Evidence of lower-atmospheric ozone “Sloshing” in an urbanized valley

Physical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 520-536

  Ellis, Andrew W ^a   Hildebrandt, Mark L ^b   Fernando, H J S ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower atmospheric ozone; Mountain valley circulation; Phoenix

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033364493     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1999.10642694     Document Type: Article

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