Elevated ozone layers over the seoul metropolitan region in Korea: Evidence for long-range ozone transport from Eastern China and its contribution to surface concentrations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-220

  Oh, In Bo ^a   Kim, Yoo Keun ^a   Hwang, Mi Kyung ^a   Kim, Cheol Hee ^a   Kim, Soontae ^b   Song, Sang Keun ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; COMPARATIVE SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; EASTERN CHINA; ELEVATED OZONE; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIXED LAYER; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE EPISODES; OZONE TRANSPORT; OZONESONDE MEASUREMENTS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; SURFACE OZONE; VERTICAL DOWN;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OZONE;

OZONE LAYER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; OZONESONDE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CHINA; SEOUL [SEOUL (ADS)]; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 77953488669     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2213.1     Document Type: Article

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