Weekday/weekend difference of ozone and its precursors in urban areas of Japan, focusing on nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4708-4723

  Sadanaga, Yasuhiro ^a   Shibata, Satoshi ^a   Hamana, Minoru ^a   Takenaka, Norimichi ^a   Bandow, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nitrogen oxides; Non methane hydrocarbons; Ozone weekend effect; Photochemical ozone production

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; OZONE WEEKEND EFFECT; PHOTOCHEMICAL OZONE PRODUCTION;

OZONE;

HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI]; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 44749086103     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.036     Document Type: Article

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