Surface ozone scenario at Pune and Delhi during the decade of 1990s

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 373-383

  Ali, Kaushar ^a   Inamdar, S R ^a   Beig, G ^a   Ghude, S ^a   Peshin, Sunil ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Frequency distribution; Photochemistry; Relative humidity; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

DELHI; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE;

EID: 84860361180     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0170-1     Document Type: Article

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