Lusaka, Zambia, during SAFARI-2000: Convergence of local and imported ozone pollution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Thompson, Anne M ^a   Witte, Jacquelyn C ^a   Freiman, M Tal ^b   Phahlane, N Agnes ^c   Coetzee, Gert J R ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION;

CENTRAL AFRICA; DRY VEGETATION; OZONE FORMATION; OZONE POLLUTION; OZONE-RICH AIR; RECIRCULATIONS; TRANS-BOUNDARY; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0037110256     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015399     Document Type: Article

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