Temporal patterns of surface ozone levels in different habitats of the North Western Mediterranean basin

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 985-992

  Ribas, Àngela ^a   Peñuelas, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual pattern; Daily pattern; Mediterranean region; Regional photochemical pollution; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

OROGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL PATTERNS;

OZONE;

OZONE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPRING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0347722242     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.10.045     Document Type: Article

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