The role of vertical mixing in the temporal evolution of ground-level ozone concentrations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1674-1691

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Rao, S Trivikrama ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033503945     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1674:TROVMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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