Ozone production in summer in the megacities of Tianjin and Shanghai, China: A comparative study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7531-7542

  Ran, L ^a,f   Zhao, C S ^a   Xu, W Y ^a   Han, M ^b   Lu, X Q ^b   Han, S Q ^c   Lin, W L ^d   Xu, X B ^d   Gao, W ^e   Yu, Q ^e   Geng, F H ^e   Ma, N ^a   Deng, Z Z ^a,f   Chen, J ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

^c Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science   (China)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^e Shanghai Meteorological Administration   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROCARBON; MEGACITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; TRACE GAS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SHANGHAI; TIANJIN;

EID: 84869064730     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7531-2012     Document Type: Article

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