Meteorological prerequisites of formation of severe wintertime air pollution episodes in Moscow

Russian Meteorology and Hydrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-174

  Kuznetsova, I N ^a   Nakhaev, M I ^a   Shalygina, I Yu ^a   Lezina, E A ^b  

^a HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION   (Russian Federation)

^b Mosecomonitoring State Nature Protection Organization   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

METEOROLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAT ISLAND; METEOROLOGY; SEVERE WEATHER; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TURBULENT MIXING;

EURASIA; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 44649091192     PISSN: 10683739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1068373908030059     Document Type: Article

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