Transport aloft drives peak ozone in the Mojave Desert

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 331-341

  VanCuren, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Las Vegas; MDAB; Mojave Desert; Non attainment; Ozone transport; SJVAB; SOCAB

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; MIXING; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; RIVER POLLUTION; URBAN GROWTH;

CALIFORNIA; LAS VEGAS; MDAB; MOJAVE DESERT; NON-ATTAINMENT; OZONE TRANSPORT; SJVAB; SOCAB;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HALOCARBON; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MEGACITY; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASIA; DESERT; FUMIGATION; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO PLATEAU; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH CAROLINA; ROCKY MOUNT; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939794886     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.057     Document Type: Article

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