An ozone climatology: Relationship between meteorology and ozone in the Southeast USA

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-139

  O'Connor, James R ^a,b   Roelle, Paul A ^b,c   Aneja, Viney P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c US Army's V Corps   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatology; Meteorological variables; Ozone; Regional analysis; Seasonal trends

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; OZONE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMBIENT OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES; VARIABLES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

OZONE;

METEOROLOGY; OZONE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OZONE LAYER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18844379376     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2005.006855     Document Type: Article

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