Modeling ozone plumes observed downwind of New York City over the North Atlantic Ocean during the ICARTT field campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 7375-7397

  Lee, S H ^a,b   Kim, S W ^a,b   Trainer, M ^b   Frost, G J ^a,b   McKeen, S A ^a,b   Cooper, O R ^a,b   Flocke, F ^c   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Neuman, J A ^a,b   Ryerson, T ^b   Senff, C J ^a,b   Swanson, A L ^d   Thompson, A M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; MIXING; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960830778     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-7375-2011     Document Type: Article

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