The emergence of urban ozone episodes in autumn and air temperature rise in Hong Kong

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-121

  Lee, Y C ^a   Wenig, Mark ^a   Yang, Xun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autumn air temperatures; Autumn ozone episode; Background pollution; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTUMN; CLOUD COVER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 67349257445     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-009-0038-y     Document Type: Article

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