The effects of precursor emission and background concentration changes on the surface ozone concentration over Korea

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-103

  Shin, H J ^a,b   Cho, K M ^a   Han, J S ^a   Kim, J S ^a   Kim, Y P ^b  

^a National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emission effect; Long range transport; Low pass KZ filter; OZIPR; Ozone

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; KOLMOGOROV; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; LOW-PASS; MAJOR CITIES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORTHEAST ASIA; OZIPR; OZONE CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SURFACE OZONE CONCENTRATIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMISSION CONTROL; LOW PASS FILTERS;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; FILTER; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA;

KOREA;

EID: 84862958130     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.09.0141.     Document Type: Article

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