Temporal evolution of winter smog within a nocturnal boundary layer at Christchurch, New Zealand

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 129-148

  Corsmeier, Ulrich ^a   Kossmann, M ^b,c   Kalthoff, N ^a   Sturman, A ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; SMOG; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 31044440124     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-005-0111-5     Document Type: Article

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