Rapid ventilation of the Mexico City basin and regional fate of the urban plume

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2321-2335

  De Foy, B ^a,c   Varela, J R ^b   Molina, L T ^a,c   Molina, M J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c Molina Center for Energy and the Environment (Mce2org)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASIN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEALTH RISK; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PLUME; RADIOSONDE; URBAN AREA; VENTILATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745515717     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-2321-2006     Document Type: Article

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