Bay breeze influence on surface ozone at Edgewood, MD during July 2011

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 335-353

  Stauffer, Ryan M ^a   Thompson, Anne M ^a   Martins, Douglas K ^a   Clark, Richard D ^b   Goldberg, Daniel L ^c   Loughner, Christopher P ^d,e   Delgado, Ruben ^f   Dickerson, Russell R ^c   Stehr, Jeffrey W ^c   Tzortziou, Maria A ^d,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay Breeze; DISCOVER AQ; Edgewood; Mid Atlantic; Ozone; Pollution

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BAY BREEZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REMOTE SENSING; SEASHORE; SURFACE AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948579225     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: 15730662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-012-9241-6     Document Type: Article

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