The influence of foreign vs. North American emissions on surface ozone in the US

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5027-5042

  Reidmiller, D R ^a,b   Fiore, A M ^c   Jaffe, D A ^b   Bergmann, D ^d   Cuvelier, C ^e   Dentener, F J ^e,u   Duncan, B N ^f   Folberth, G ^g   Gauss, M ^h   Gong, S ⁱ   Hess, P ^j,v   Jonson, J E ^k   Keating, T ^l   Lupu, A ^m   Marmer, E ^e   Park, R ^n,w   Schultz, M G ^o   Shindell, D T ^p   Szopa, S ^q   Vivanco, M G ^r   Wild, O ^s   Zuber, A ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^k NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^l U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^m YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁿ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^p Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^q LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^r CIEMAT   (Spain)

^s LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^t EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^u NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^v Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^w Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION CONTROL; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SUMMER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449143873     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-5027-2009     Document Type: Article

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