Transport pathways of ozone to marine and free-troposphere sites in Tenerife, Canary Islands

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 28, 2004, Pages 4733-4747

  Rodríguez, Sergio ^a   Torres, Carlos ^b   Guerra, Juan Carlos ^c   Cuevas, Emilio ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b C/La Marina 20 6a P ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Canary Islands; Long range transport; North Atlantic; Ozone; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE ENGINEERING; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; WIND TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; NORTH AFRICA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 3342881165     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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