The coastal boundary layer and air pollution - a high temporal resolution analysis in the East Mediterranean coast

Open Atmospheric Science Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-18

  Uzan, Leenes ^a   Alpert, Pinhas ^b  

^a Association of Towns for Environmental Protection (Sharon Carmel)   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Coastal boundary layer; Lap3000; Sea breeze front

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865050377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874282301206010009     Document Type: Article

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