Spatial and temporal variability of tropospheric ozone (O3) in the boundary layer above the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2002, Pages PAU-4-1-PAU-4-14

  Kouvarakis, G ^a   Vrekoussis, M ^a   Mihalopoulos, N ^a   Kourtidis, K ^b   Rappenglueck, B ^c   Gerasopoulos, E ^b   Zerefos, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aegean sea; Diurnal variation; Eastern mediterranean; Regional pollution; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMBUSTION; OZONE; SHIPS; TOXICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; DRY SEASON; OZONE; PHYTOTOXICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEGEAN SEA; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINOKALIA; GREECE; LASITHION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; THESSALONIKI [THESSALONIKI (DPR)];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33646510073     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000081     Document Type: Article

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