Sensitivity of photooxidant production in the Milan Basin: An overview of results from a EUROTRAC-2 Limitation of Oxidant Production field experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 22, 2002, Pages

  Neftel, Albrecht ^a,f   Spirig, Christoph ^a,f   Prévôt, André S H ^b   Furger, Markus ^b   Stutz, Jochen ^c   Vogel, Bernhard ^d   Hjorth, Jens ^e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EUROTRAC 2; Milan; Photochemical smog; Tropospheric ozone production; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOOXIDATION; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0041598949     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001263     Document Type: Article

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