Increase of ozone concentrations, its temperature sensitivity and the precursor factor in South China

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Y C ^a   Shindell, D T ^b,c   Faluvegi, G ^b   Wenig, M ^d   Lam, Y F ^a   Ning, Z ^a   Hao, S ^a   Lai, C S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Future ozone; Ozone precursors; Ozone trends; Sensitivity and concentration; South China; Temperature sensitivity of ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84930960198     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v66.23455     Document Type: Article

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