Significant increase of surface ozone at a rural site, north of eastern China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3969-3977

  Ma, Zhiqiang ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Quan, Weijun ^a   Zhang, Ziyin ^a   Lin, Weili ^a   Xu, Xiaobin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; OZONE; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84962191166     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-3969-2016     Document Type: Article

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