Ozone formation along the California-Mexican border region during Cal-Mex 2010 field campaign

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 370-389

  Li, Guohui ^a,b,c   Bei, Naifang ^b,d   Zavala, Miguel ^b   Molina, Luisa T ^b,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b MOLINA CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cal Mex border; Emissions; Ozone formation; Trans boundary transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMBIENT MONITORING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CAL-MEX BORDER; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; OZONE FORMATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

OZONE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BORDER REGION; COASTAL PLAIN; FIELD SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OZONE; SEA BREEZE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COASTAL PLAIN; MEXICO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WIND;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN DIEGO; TIJUANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897057896     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.067     Document Type: Article

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