Surface ozone variations at a rural area in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-141

  Adame, Jose A ^a   Sole, Jose G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b CSIC URL Observatorio de Fisica Cosmica del Ebro OE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Ozone episode; Ozone trends; Seasonal weekly daily variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882751933     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.013     Document Type: Article

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