Changes of daily surface ozone maxima in Switzerland in all seasons from 1992 to 2002 and discussion of summer 2003

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1187-1203

  Ordonez C ^a   Mathis, H ^a   Furger, M ^a   Henne, S ^a   Huglin C ^b   Staehelin, J ^c   Prévǒt, Andre S H ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

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EID: 21244489538     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-1187-2005     Document Type: Article

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