Evaluation of surface ozone measurements during 2000-2005 at a rural area in the upper Spanish plateau

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-152

  Sanchez M L ^a   Garcia M A ^a   Perez I A ^a   De Torre, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ozone formation; Ozone trend; Rural site; Seasonal variation; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OZONE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL DATA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPRING; SUMMER;

SPAIN;

EID: 74149093858     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-008-9113-2     Document Type: Article

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