Impacts of the fall 2007 California wildfires on surface ozone: Integrating local observations with global model simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Pfister, G G ^a   Wiedinmyer, C ^a   Emmons, L K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DISASTERS; GASES; OZONE; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; EXTRACTING INFORMATIONS; FIRE INFLUENCES; GLOBAL CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODELS; GLOBAL MODELS; HEALTH STANDARDS; OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; OZONE PRODUCTIONS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITIES; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE OZONES;

FIRES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OZONE; TRACER; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749171357     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034747     Document Type: Article

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