Assessment of ozone variations and meteorological effects in an urban area in the Mediterranean Coast

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 97-113

  Dueas, C ^a   Fernandez M C ^a   Caete, S ^a   Carretero, J ^a   Liger, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal Mediterranean site; Meteorological parameters; Urban ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OZONE; RAIN;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; OZONE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OZONE LAYER; PRECURSOR; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WEATHER;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

SPAIN;

EID: 0036843855     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00251-6     Document Type: Article

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