The dynamical impact of Rossby wave breaking upon UK PM10 concentration

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 867-881

  Webber, Christopher P ^a   Dacre, Helen F ^a   Collins, William J ^a   Masato, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE BREAKING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85010070051     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-867-2017     Document Type: Article

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