A study of the atmospheric boundary layer using radon and air pollutants as tracers

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-155

  Kataoka, Toshio ^a   Yunoki, Eiji ^a   Shimizu, Mitsuo ^a   Mori, Tadashige ^a   Tsukamoto, Osamu ^b   Ohashi, Yukitaka ^c   Sahashi, Ken ^b   Maitani, Toshihiko ^b   Miyashita, Koh’ichi ^b   Iwata, Toru ^b   Fujikawa, Yoko ^c   Kudo, Akira ^c   Shaw, Roger H ^d  

^a Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn concentration; Concentration of air pollutants; Inversion layer; Land and sea breezes; Mixing layer; Morning and evening calms

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADON;

OXIDANT CONCENTRATION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; INVERSION LAYER; LAND BREEZE; RADON; SEA BREEZE; TRACER;

JAPAN;

EID: 17944376343     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019219708361     Document Type: Article

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