Surface ozone variability in the urban and nearby rural locations of tropical India

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1724-1729

  Londhe, A L ^a   Jadhav, D B ^a   Buchunde, P S ^a   Kartha, M J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Diurnal variations; Meteorological parameters; Nitric oxide titration; Surface ozone; Traffic emissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349086680     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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