Mapping of surface ozone seasonality and trends across Europe during 1997-2006 through kriging interpolation to observational data

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Aggelis, D ^a   Zanis, P ^b   Zerefos, C S ^a,c   Bais, A F ^b   Nastos, P T ^d  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO)   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Europe; Kriging; North Atlantic Oscillation; Seasonal cycle; Surface ozone; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BINARY ALLOYS; MAPPING; OZONE; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SEA LEVEL; URANIUM ALLOYS;

EUROPE; KRIGING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SURFACE OZONE; TRENDS;

INTERPOLATION;

OZONE;

INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MAPPING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; KRIGING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SCANDINAVIA; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOVAKIA; TREND STUDY; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

AUSTRIA; SCANDINAVIA; SLOVAKIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874930068     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1501-9     Document Type: Article

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