Influence of regional pollution and long range transport over western India:-Analysis of ozonesonde data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-182

  Srivastava, Shuchita ^a   Lal, S ^a   Naja, M ^b   Venkataramani, S ^a   Gupta, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Long range transport; Lower troposphere; Ozonesonde; Regional pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MARINE AIR; OZONE LEVELS; OZONE SONDES; OZONESONDE; REGIONAL POLLUTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUMMER SEASON; SURFACE OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MARINE POLLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE LAYER;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDIA; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

AHMEDABAD; EUROPE; GUJARAT; INDIA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84155163040     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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