Design and performance of a free-air exposure system to study long-term effects of ozone on grasslands

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1341-1350

  Volk, M ^a   Geissmann, M ^a   Blatter, A ^a   Contat, F ^a   Fuhrer, J ^a  

^a Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Free air ozone exposure system; Grassland; Ozone

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FUMIGATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

FREE-AIR EXPOSURE SYSTEM;

OZONE;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GRASSLAND; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROCLIMATE; OZONE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GRASSLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0037333978     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)01012-9     Document Type: Article

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