Synoptic weather patterns associated with carbon dioxide levels in Northern Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3411-3417

  García, M Ángeles ^a   Sánchez, M Luisa ^a   Pérez, Isidro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Rural environment; Synoptic weather patterns; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AVERAGE DATA; BACKGROUND CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MINIMUM VALUE; RURAL ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND SPEED; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE INTERVALS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; RURAL AREA; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUTUMN; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPRING; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WEATHER; WIND; WINTER; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

SPAIN;

EID: 77953694884     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.034     Document Type: Article

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