Intercontinental source attribution of ozone pollution at western U.S. sites using an adjoint method

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a,b   Kopacz, Monika ^b   Henze, Daven K ^c   Singh, Kumaresh ^d   Jaffe, Daniel A ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SITES; ADJOINT METHODS; ADJOINTS; AIR PARCELS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; DIFFUSE BACKGROUND; EAST ASIA; EXTRATROPICAL; FREE TROPOSPHERE; NORTHEAST CHINA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE POLLUTION; OZONE PRODUCTION; POLLUTION EPISODES; POLLUTION PLUMES; RECEPTOR SITES; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; TRINIDAD; WEST COAST;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SEA LEVEL;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EOS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; OZONE; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949142715     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037950     Document Type: Article

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