Tethered balloon-based soundings of ozone, aerosols, and solar radiation near Mexico City during MIRAGE-MEX

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2672-2677

  Greenberg, J P ^a   Guenther, A B ^a   Turnipseed, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Megacity; Ozone; Particles; Radiation; Tethered balloon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMMERCIAL SENSORS; DIFFUSE RADIATIONS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS; LOWER BOUNDARIES; ME-XICO; MEDIAN SURFACES; MEGACITY; MEXICO CITIES; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLES; PROFILE CONCENTRATIONS; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; SURFACE APPLICATIONS; SURFACE DEPOSITIONS; TETHERED BALLOON; TIME PERIODS; VERTICAL PROFILES;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AVIATION; BALLOONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OZONE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE LAYER;

OZONE;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; BOUNDARY LAYER; MEGACITY; OZONE; SENSOR; SOLAR RADIATION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 64549108467     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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