Synoptic circulation and its influence on spring and summer surface ozone concentrations in southern Sweden

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 889-902

  Tang, Lin ^a   Chen, Deliang ^a   Karlsson, Per Erik ^b   Gu, Yongfeng ^a   Ou, Tinghai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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