Meteorological factors of ozone predictability at houston, Texas

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-271

  Draxler, Roland R ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOG; TRAFFIC; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034131756     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2000.10463999     Document Type: Article

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