High concentration of surface ozone observed along the Khumbu Valley Nepal April 2007

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Moore, G W K ^a   Semple, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED LEVEL; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIMALAYAS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOUNT EVEREST; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SURFACE OZONE; SURFACE OZONE CONCENTRATIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; OZONE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SATELLITE DATA; STRATOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; KHUMBU VALLEY; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349608030     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038158     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Bonasoni, P., et al. (2008), The ABC-Pyramid Atmospheric Research Observatory in Himalaya for aerosol, ozone and halocarbon measurements, Sci. Total Environ., 391, 252-261, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.024.
2. Brace, S., and D. L. Peterson (1998), Spatial patterns of tropospheric ozone in die Mount Rainier region of die cascade mountains, USA, Atmos. Environ., 32, 3629-3637, doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00077-6. (Pubitemid 28448596)
3. Brunekreef, B., and S. T. Holgate (2002), Air pollution and health, Lancet, 360, 1233-1242, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11274-8.
4. Cai, X., Y. Song, T. Zhu, W. Lin, and L. Kang (2007), Glacier winds in the Rongbuk Valley, north of Mount Everest: 2. Their role in vertical exchange processes, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D11102, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007868. (Pubitemid 47287984)
5. Dentener, E, et al. (2006), The global atmospheric environment for the next generation, Environ. Sei. Technol, 40, 3586-3594, doi:10.1021/ es0523845. (Pubitemid 43841579)
6. Egger, J., et al. (2000), Diurnal winds in the Himalayan Kali Gandaki Valley. Part I: Observations, Mon. Weather Rev., 128, 1106-1122, doi:10.1175/ 1520-0493(2000)128< 1106:DWITHK>2.0.CO;2. (Pubitemid 30323050)
7. Engardt, M. (2008), Modelling of near-surface ozone over south Asia, J. Atmos. Chem., 59, 61-80, doi:10.1007/s10874-008-9096-z.
8. Hoskins, B. J. (1991), Towards a PV-Θ view of the general-circulation, Tellus, Ser. A, 43, 27-35, doi:10.1034/j.1600-0870.1991. t01-3-00005.x.
9. Hudson, R. D., et al. (2003), The total ozone field separated into meteorological regimes. Part I: Defining die regimes, J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 1669-1677, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1669:TTOFSI>2.0.CO;2.
10. Koutrakis, P., et al. (1993), Measurement of ambient ozone using a nitritecoated filter, Anal. Chem., 65, 209-214, doi:10.1021/acO0051a004. (Pubitemid 23966791)
11. Law, A., and G. W. Rodway (2008), Trekking and climbing in the Solu-khumbu District of Nepal: Impact on socioeconomic status and health of lowland porters, Wilderness Environ. Med., 19, 210-217, doi:10.1580/ 07-WEME-WE-174.1.
12. Moore, G. W K., and J. L. Semple (2004), High Himalayan meteorology: Weather at the South Col of Mount Everest, Geophys. Res. Lett, 31, L18109, doi:10.1029/2004GL020621.
13. Moore, G. W K., and J. L. Semple (2005), A Tibetan Taylor Cap and a halo of stratospheric ozone over the Himalaya, Geophys. Res. Lett, 32, L21810, doi:10.1029/2005GL024186.
14. Ramamtthan, V., and Y. Feng (2009), Air pollution, greenhouse gases and climate change: Global and regional perspectives, Atmos. Environ., 43, 37-50, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.063.
15. Semple, J. L., and G. W. K. Moore (2008), First observations of surface ozone concentration from the summit region of Mount Everest, Geophys. Res. Lett, 35, L20818, doi:10.1029/2008GL035295.
16. Shapiro, M. A. (1980), Turbulent mixing within tropopause folds as a mechanism for the exchange of chemical constituents between the stratosphere and troposphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 37,994-1004, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1980) 037<0994:TMWTFA>2.0.CO;2.
17. Simmons, A. J., et al. (2006), ERA-Interim: New ECMWF reanalysis products from 1989 onwards, ECMWF Newsl., 110, 25-35.
18. Song, Y., T. Zhu, X. Cai, W Lin, and L. Kang (2007), Glacier winds in the Rongbuk Valley, north of Mount Everest: 1. Meteorological modeling with remote sensing data, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D11101, doi:10.1029/ 2006JD007867. (Pubitemid 47287984)
19. Stohl, A., et al. (2003), Stratosphere-troposphere exchange: A review, and what we have learned from STACCATO, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D12), 8516, doi:10.1029/2002JD002490. (Pubitemid 38143798)
20. Trickl, T., O. R. Cooper, H. Eisele, P. James, R. Mücke, and A. Stohl(2003),(2003), (2003), Intercontinental transport and its influence on die ozone concentrations over central Europe: Three case studies, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D12), 8530, doi:10.1029/2002JD002735. (Pubitemid 38143812)
21. Zhu, T., W. Lin, Y. Song, X. Cai, H. Zou, L. Kang, L. Zhou, and H. Akimoto (2006), Downward transport of ozone-rich air near Mt. Everest, Geophys. Res. Lett, 33, L23809, doi:10.1029/2006GL027726. (Pubitemid 47407908)