Role of meteorological processes in two New England ozone episodes during summer 2001

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Mao, Huiting ^a   Talbot, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIRMAP; Mesoscale meteorological processes; Ozone episode

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MIXING RATIO; OZONE;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11844299593     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004850     Document Type: Article

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