Effect of regional precursor emission controls on long-range ozone transport-Part 1: Short-term changes in ozone air quality

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6077-6093

  West, J J ^a   Naik, V ^b,d   Horowitz, L W ^c   Fiore, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ATMOS Research & Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AFRICA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; SOUTHEAST ASIA; USSR;

EID: 72449146300     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-6077-2009     Document Type: Article

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