Ozone Weekend Effect Analysis in Three European Urban Areas

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 790-797

  Pires, José Carlos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Photochemical production; Statistical analysis; Surface ozone; Traffic emission

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; LONDON [ENGLAND]; PORTO [PORTO (DST)]; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865302397     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100410     Document Type: Article

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