Differences in the variability of measured and simulated tropospheric ozone mixing ratios over the Paso del Norte Region

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-104

  Stockwell, William R ^a   Fitzgerald, Rosa M ^b   Lu, Duanjun ^c   Perea, Roberto ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Chemical mechanisms; Ozone

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MIXING RATIO; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; OZONE MIXING RATIO; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES;

PASO DEL NORTE;

EID: 84876907834     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: 15730662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-013-9253-x     Document Type: Article

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