Impacts of thermal circulations induced by urbanization on ozone formation in the Pearl River Delta region, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 382-392

  Li, Mengmeng ^a,b   Song, Yu ^a   Mao, Zhichun ^a,c   Liu, Mingxu ^a   Huang, Xin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c 68028 Troops of the Lanzhou Military Area Command ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Ozone; PRD; Thermal circulation; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; PRD; THERMAL CIRCULATION; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBANIZATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

OZONE LAYER;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT ISLAND; OZONE; SEA BREEZE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION; WEATHER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84953382632     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.10.075     Document Type: Article

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