Summertime weekly cycles of observed and modeled NO x and O 3 concentrations as a function of satellite-derived ozone production sensitivity and land use types over the Continental United States

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6291-6307

  Choi, Y ^a,b   Kim, H ^a,b   Tong, D ^a,b   Lee, P ^a  

^a NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^b Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AVHRR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LAND USE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864196960     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6291-2012     Document Type: Article

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