The VOTALP Mesolcina Valley Campaign 1996 - Concept, background and some highlights

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1395-1412

  Furger, Markus ^a   Dommen, Josef ^a   Graber, Werner K ^a   Poggio, Lionel ^a   Prévôt, André S H ^a   Emeis, Stefan ^b   Grell, Georg ^b   Trickl, Thomas ^b   Gomiscek, Bostjan ^c   Neininger, Bruno ^d   Wotawa, Gerhard ^e  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ECOSENSE   (Slovenia)

^d MetAir AG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine boundary layer; Alps; Mountain meteorology; Ozone; Photochemistry

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

MOUNTAIN METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

OZONE;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; OZONE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; WIND;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC; WIND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033627121     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00377-5     Document Type: Article

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