Differing atmospheric scales of motion and their impact on air pollutants

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 612-619

  Levy, Ilan ^a   Dayan, Uri ^a   Mahrer, Yitzhak ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmospheric scales of motion; Mesoscale; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Synoptic scale; Wind recirculation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; COASTAL LOCATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY; LAND-SEA BREEZE; LOCAL SCALE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEASURING SITES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE; POLLEN DISPERSION; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RECIRCULATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEL AVIV; WIND ENERGY;

AIR QUALITY; DISPERSIONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION; TIME SERIES; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TEL AVIV;

EID: 77950129427     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1905     Document Type: Article

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