Analysis of monitoring data of ground-level ozone in Japan for long-term trend during 1990-2010: Causes of temporal and spatial variation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 302-310

  Akimoto, Hajime ^a   Mori, Yasuaki ^b   Sasaki, Kansuke ^b   Nakanishi, Hiroto ^b   Ohizumi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Itano, Yasuyuki ^c  

^a Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ground level ozone; NO titration effect; Ozone control strategy; Photochemical oxidants; Transboundary transport

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; MIXING; MONITORING; OXIDANTS; OZONE; TITRATION;

GROUND-LEVEL OZONE; NO TITRATION; OZONE CONTROL; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

REDUCTION;

OZONE;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATABASE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIXING RATIO; OXIDANT; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JAPAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECURSOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TITRIMETRY; TREND STUDY;

AICHI; CHUBU; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KINKI; KYOTO [KINKI]; KYUSHU; NAGOYA; OSAKA [KINKI]; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84917706138     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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