Spatial and temporal variation in the mixing depth over the Northeastern United States during the summer of 1995

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1661-1673

  Berman, Stephen ^a   Ku, Jia Yeong ^b   Rao, S Trivikrama ^b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; OZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033503944     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1661:SATVIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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