Observed relationships of ozone air pollution with temperature and emissions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Bloomer, Bryan J ^a,b,c   Stehr, Jeffrey W ^b,c   Piety, Charles A ^b,c   Salawitch, Ross J ^b,c   Dickerson, Russell R ^b,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELS; BEFORE AND AFTER; GREEN HOUSE GAS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; OZONE LEVELS; PENALTY FACTOR; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OZONE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 68249133742     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037308     Document Type: Article

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