Measurement and analysis of a multiday photochemical smog episode in the Pearl River Delta of China

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 404-416

  Wang, Tao ^a   Kwok, Joey Y H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES;

SMOG;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SMOG;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0141614877     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0404:MAAOAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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