Seasonal heterogeneity in ozone and its precursors (NOx) by in-situ and model observations on semi-arid station in Anantapur (A.P), South India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 294-306

  Rama Gopal, K ^a   Lingaswamy, A P ^a   Arafath, S Md ^a   Balakrishnaiah, G ^a   Pavan Kumari, S ^a   Uma Devi, K ^a   Siva Kumar Reddy, N ^a   Raja Obul Reddy, K ^a   Reddy, R R ^a   Abdul Azeem, P ^b   Lal, Shyam ^c  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; UV radiation and chemical box model

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; BOX MODELS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; OZONE AND ITS PRECURSORS; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; RURAL AREAS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OZONE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DINITROGEN PENTOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; OZONE;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; BOUNDARY LAYER; CORRELATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HUMIDITY; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; NIGHT; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOOXIDATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84890818729     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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