Study of the regional air quality south of mexico city (morelos state)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 417-432

  Salcedo, D ^a   Castro, T ^b   Ruiz Suarez L G ^b   Garcia Reynoso A ^b   Torres Jardon R ^b   Torres Jaramillo, A ^b   Mar Morales, B E ^b   Salcido, A ^c   Celada, A T ^c   Carreon Sierra S ^b,c   Martinez A P ^d   Fentanes Arriaga, O A ^d   Deustua E ^d   Ramos Villegas, R ^e   Retama Hernandez A ^e   Saavedra, M I ^b   Suarez Lastra M ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^d Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^e Secretaría del Medio Ambiente del Gobierno del Distrito Federal   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air quality; AOT40; Central Mexico; Criteria pollutants; Ground level ozone; Morelos

Indexed keywords

AOT40; CRITERIA POLLUTANTS; GROUND-LEVEL OZONE; ME-XICO; MORELOS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEXICO; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VEGETATION; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WEATHER; WIND;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 84855539337     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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