Variability of tropospheric ozone concentrations: Comparison of ground-level data with aircraft measurements during the "O3 Reg" campaign (19-21 July 2000)

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-105

  Pont, Véronique ^a   Fontan, Jacques ^a   Lopez, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary layer structure; Land sea breeze; Ozone pollution; Regional scale air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

FRANCE;

EID: 0037373018     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(02)00158-8     Document Type: Article

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