Meteorological factors contributing to the interannual variability of midsummer surface ozone in Colorado, Utah, and other western U.S. states

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2434-2456

  Reddy, Patrick J ^a   Pfister, Gabriele G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEIGHT; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SUMMER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERRAIN; WEATHER; ZONAL WIND;

COLORADO; DENVER; INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84960368653     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023840     Document Type: Article

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