Ozone variations over central Tien-Shan in Central Asia and implications for regional emissions reduction strategies

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 555-562

  Chen, Boris B ^a   Imashev, Sanjar A ^a   Sverdlik, Leonid G ^a   Solomon, Paul A ^b   Lantz, Jeffrey ^b   Schauer, James J ^c   Shafer, Martin M ^c   Artamonova, Maria S ^d   Carmichael, Greg R ^e  

^a KYRGYZ RUSSIAN SLAVIC UNIVERSITY   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^d Institute of Atmospheric Physics   (Russian Federation)

^e University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

HCHO NO2; NOx versus VOC limited; OMI Satellite; Total column ozone; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CENTRAL ASIA; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; FERGHANA VALLEY; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; GROUND BASED; HANDHELDS; HCHO/NO2; KYRGYZSTAN; MISSING VALUES; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; OZONE PRECURSORS; OZONE PRODUCTION; OZONE VARIATION; REGIONAL SOURCES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOLAR INTENSITIES; STRATOSPHERIC COLUMN OZONES; TOTAL COLUMN OZONE; TROPOSPHERIC COLUMN OZONES; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; UZBEKISTAN;

EMISSION CONTROL; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; SATELLITES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AURA (SATELLITE); COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EMISSION CONTROL; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84874367210     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.06.156     Document Type: Article

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