Re-evaluating the NO2 hotspot over the South African Highveld

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 108, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages

  Lourens, Alexandra S M ^a   Butler, Timothy M ^b   Beukes, Johan P ^a   Van Zyl, Pieter G ^a   Beirle, Steffen ^b   Wagner, Thomas K ^b   Heue, Klaus Peter ^b   Pienaar, Jacobus J ^a   Fourie, Gerhardus D ^c   Lawrence, Mark G ^d  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HOT SPOT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEGACITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN OXIDES; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TROPOSPHERE;

EUROPE; HIGHVELD; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84870002089     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v108i11/12.1146     Document Type: Article

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