Increasing interannual and altitudinal ozone mixing ratios in the Catalan Pyrenees

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 6049-6057

  Díaz de Quijano, Maria ^a   Peñuelas, Josep ^a   Ribas, Àngela ^b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AOT40; Bel W3; Biomonitoring; Mediterranean region; Nitrogen oxides; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; BEL-W3; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; CATALANS; DAMAGE RATE; HIGH ALTITUDE; INTERANNUAL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; MINIMUM VALUE; MIXING RATIOS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE MIXING RATIO; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PLANT LIFE; PYRENEES; TOBACCO CULTIVARS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; URBAN AREAS; VEGETATION PROTECTION; VISUAL SYMPTOMS;

LANDFORMS; MIXING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; VEGETATION;

OZONE;

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMONITORING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHYTOTOXICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROCLIMATE; OZONE DEPLETION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUMMER; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PYRENEES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 71049142257     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.035     Document Type: Article

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