A synoptic climatology of surface-level ozone in Eastern Wisconsin, USA

Climate Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-220

  Lennartson, G Jay ^a   Schwartz, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Map patterns; Synoptic climatology; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OZONE;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0033544666     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr013207     Document Type: Article

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