Ozone differences between near-coastal and offshore sites in New England: Role of meteorology

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Darby, Lisa S ^a   McKeen, Stuart A ^a,b   Senff, Christoph J ^a,b   White, Allen B ^a,b   Banta, Robert M ^a   Post, Madison J ^c,d   Brewer, W Alan ^a   Marchbanks, Richard ^a,b   Alvarez II, Raul J ^a   Peckham, Steven E ^a,b   Mao, Huiting ^e   Talbot, Robert ^e  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ZEL TECHNOLOGIES LLC   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENGLAND; METEOROLOGY; OZONE LAYER;

AIR QUALITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OZONE; SEA BREEZE; WESTERLY;

NEW ENGLAND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348977809     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008446     Document Type: Article

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