It's not just the heat and the drought: The role of ozone air pollution in the 2012 heat wave

Agrochimica

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Lorenzini, G ^a   Pellegrini, E ^a   Campanella, A ^a   Nali, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Nitrogen oxides; Photosmog; Vegetation; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986223690     PISSN: 00021857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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