Modeling of regional high ozone episode observed at two mountain sites (Mt. Tai and Huang) in East China

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-272

  Wang, Zifa ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Wang, Xiquan ^a   Pochanart, Pakpong ^b   Akimoto, Hajime ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backward trajectories; High ozone episode; NAQPMS; Regional transport; The East Central China; The Yangtze Delta

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REGIONAL PATTERN;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUANG MOUNTAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; TAI SHAN; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 33750575436     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-006-9038-6     Document Type: Article

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