Impact of climate change on ozone pollution in the lower Fraser Valley, Canada

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-53

  Reuten, Christian ^a,b   Ainslie, Bruce ^b   Steyn, Douw G ^b,c   Jackson, Peter L ^d   McKendry, Ian ^b  

^a ROWAN WILLIAMS DAVIES AND IRWIN INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CGCM; Climate change; Cluster analysis; Lower Fraser Valley; NCEP; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; GEOPOTENTIAL; OZONE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER VALLEY;

EID: 84863833779     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2011.643444     Document Type: Article

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