Nocturnal trans-alpine transport of ozone and its effects on air quality on the Swiss Plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 4539-4550

  Steinbacher, M ^a   Henne, S ^a   Dommen, J ^a   Wiesen, P ^b   Prevot, A S H ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine meteorology; Alps; Horizontal transport; Residual layer; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORMALDEHYDE; STANDARDS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

NOCTURNAL TRANS-ALPINE TRANSPORT; TRACE GASES;

OZONE;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OZONE; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; SWITZERLAND; WEATHER;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 3242723267     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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