Secondary ozone maxima in a very stable nocturnal boundary layer: Observations from the Lower Fraser Valley, BC

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 38, 2002, Pages 5771-5782

  Salmond, J A ^a   McKendry, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low level jet; Mesoscale flows; Residual layer; Turbulence; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; TURBULENCE;

TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

OZONE;

OZONE;

NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; OZONE; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT; NIGHT; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; TIME; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

CANADA;

EID: 0036882580     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00698-2     Document Type: Article

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