Seasonal variations in surface ozone as influenced by Asian summer monsoon and biomass burning in agricultural fields of the northern Yangtze River Delta

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-76

  Tang, Haoye ^a,b   Liu, Gang ^a   Zhu, Jianguo ^a   Han, Yong ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Biomass burning; Surface ozone; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SITES; AIR MASS; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CROP RESIDUE BURNING; EASTERN CHINA; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MARINE AIR; POLLUTED AIR MASS; PREVAILING WINDS; RAINY DAYS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL TRENDS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE OZONE; WIND DIRECTIONS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OZONE;

AGRICULTURE;

AIR MASS; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONSOON; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84871147890     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.030     Document Type: Article

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