Investigating a high ozone episode in a rural mountain site

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 162, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-189

  Monteiro, A ^a   Strunk, A ^b   Carvalho, A ^a   Tchepel, O ^a   Miranda, A I ^a   Borrego, C ^a   Saavedra, S ^c   Rodriguez A ^c   Souto, J ^c   Casares, J ^c   Friese, E ^b   Elbern, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality modelling; Cross spectrum analysis; EURAD IM; North Portugal; Ozone episode; Rural station

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELLING; CROSS SPECTRA; EURAD-IM; OZONE EPISODE; PORTUGAL; RURAL STATION;

AIR QUALITY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; OZONE; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEA BREEZE; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; OZONE DEPLETION; PORTUGAL; RURAL AREA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OZONE; PORTUGAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 82955217709     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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