Summertime ozone at Mount Washington: Meteorological controls at the highest peak in the northeast

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Fischer, Emily V ^a   Talbot, Robert W ^a   Dibb, Jack E ^a   Moody, Jennie L ^b   Murray, Georgia L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Appalachian Mountain Club   (United States)

Author keywords

New England; Trajectories; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

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

EID: 14744297735     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004841     Document Type: Article

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