Surface ozone variability and trends over the South African Highveld from 1990 to 2007

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4323-4342

  Balashov, Nikolay V ^a   Thompson, Anne M ^a,b,c   Piketh, Stuart J ^c   Langerman, Kristy E ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d ESKOM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HIGHVELD; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84907219669     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020555     Document Type: Article

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