Measurements of surface ozone at semi-arid site Anantapur (14.62°N, 77.65°E, 331 m asl) in India

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-59

  Reddy, R R ^a   Gopal, K Rama ^a   Reddy, L Siva Sankara ^a   Narasimhulu, K ^a   Kumar, K Raghavendra ^a   Ahammed, Y Nazeer ^b   Reddy, C V Krishna ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic emissions; Meteorological parameters; Semi arid zone; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; MIXING; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; GAS; HUMIDITY; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41049113799     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-008-9094-1     Document Type: Article

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