Airborne determination of the temporo-spatial distribution of benzene, toluene, nitrogen oxides and ozone in the boundary layer across Greater London, UK

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5083-5097

  Shaw, M D ^a   Lee, J D ^b   Davison, B ^a   Vaughan, A ^b   Purvis, R M ^b   Harvey, A ^b   Lewis, A C ^b   Hewitt, C N ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BENZENE; BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TOLUENE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84929657933     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5083-2015     Document Type: Article

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