Tropospheric ozone and its regional transport over Cape Town

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 228-238

  Nzotungicimpaye, Claude Michel ^a   Abiodun, Babatunde J ^a   Steyn, Douw G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Industrial Highveld; Lagrangian trajectory; Regional transport; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL HIGHVELD; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

ADVECTION; AIR QUALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OZONE; POLLUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADVECTION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL SINK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY; WIND; WINTER;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84896824883     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.063     Document Type: Article

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