The influence of meteorological factors and biomass burning on surface ozone concentrations at Tanah Rata, Malaysia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 435-446

  Toh, Ying Ying ^a,b   Lim, Sze Fook ^b   von Glasow, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Malaysian Meteorological Department   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Backward trajectory; Biomass burning; Meteorological conditions; Regional transport; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; BIOMASS-BURNING; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SURFACE OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOMASS; MIXING; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; SUN; TRAJECTORIES;

OZONE;

OZONE; RAIN;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMIDITY; MALAYSIA; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAYSIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84874535452     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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