Surface ozone and carbon monoxide levels observed at Oki, Japan: Regional air pollution trends in East Asia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 953-959

  Sikder, Helena Akhter ^a   Suthawaree, Jeeranut ^a   Kato, Shungo ^a   Kajii, Yoshizumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backward trajectory analysis; CO; East Asia; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; OZONE;

AIR MASS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CLASSIFIEDS; CO; CO CONCENTRATIONS; EAST ASIA; REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE CARBON; SURFACE OZONE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAJECTORY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; JAPAN; OZONE LAYER; SEASON;

CHUGOKU; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; OKI ISLANDS; SHIMANE;

EID: 78650523878     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.062     Document Type: Article

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