Ozone concentrations and their potential impacts on Vegetation in Southern Africa

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 429-450

  Laakso, Lauri ^a,b   Beukes, Johan Paul ^b   Van Zyl, Pieter Gideon ^b   Pienaar, Jacobus J ^b   Josipovic, Miroslav ^b   Venter, Andrew ^b   Jaars, Kerneels ^b   Vakkari, Ville ^a,c   Labuschagne, Casper ^d   Chiloane, Kgaugelo ^e   Tuovinen, Juha Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ZAFn Weather Service   (South Africa)

^e Environmental Sciences Department   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air pollution; AOT40; South Africa; Tropospheric ozone; Vegetation impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888319054     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-098349-3.00020-7     Document Type: Chapter

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