Background ozone in the southern Europe and Mediterranean area: Influence of the transport processes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1399-1406

  Cristofanelli, Paolo ^a   Bonasoni, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Background ozone; Mediterranean area; Mineral dust; Pollution; Stratospheric intrusions

Indexed keywords

DUST; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; POLLUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; BACKGROUND OZONES; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MINERAL DUST; OZONE AND ITS PRECURSORS; STRATOSPHERIC INTRUSIONS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE CONCENTRATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

OZONE;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MINERAL DUST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 63249135687     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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