Evolution and transport of pollutants over a Mediterranean coastal area: The influence of biogenic volatile organic compound emissions on ozone concentrations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 526-545

  Andronopoulos, Spyros ^a   Passamichali, Artemis ^a   Gounaris, Nikos ^a   Bartzis, John G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; COASTAL ZONE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0034115569     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0526:EATOPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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