Is ozone pollution affecting crop yields in China?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 867-870

  Chameides, W L ^a   Xingsheng, Li ^b   Xiaoyan, Tang ^c   Xiuji, Zhou ^b   Chao, Luo ^a   Kiang, C S ^a   St John, J ^a   Saylor, R D ^a   Liu, S C ^a   Lam, K S ^d   Wang, T ^d   Giorgi, F ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; POLLUTION; SIMULATION;

CHINA; CROP YIELDS; OZONE POLLUTION;

OZONE;

CROP YIELD; OZONE;

CHINA;

CROP YIELD; FOOD DEMAND; GROUND-LEVEL OZONE; OZONE POLLUTION; REGIONAL MODEL; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN OZONE; WINTER WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0344673345     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900068     Document Type: Article

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