Weakening of the weekend ozone effect over California's South Coast Air Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 9457-9464

  Baidar, S ^a   Hardesty, R M ^a,b   Kim, S W ^a,b   Langford, A O ^b   Oetjen, H ^a   Senff, C J ^a,b   Trainer, M ^b   Volkamer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic recession; emission reduction; nitrogen oxides; ozone; temperature dependent VOCR; weekend ozone effect

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; REDUCTION;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMISSION REDUCTION; HOT CONDITIONS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; OZONE EFFECTS; SOUTH COAST AIR BASINS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROBABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955170534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066419     Document Type: Article

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