Lidar observations revealing transport of O3 in the presence of a nocturnal low-level jet: Regional implications for “next-day” pollution

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 158, Issue , 2017, Pages 160-171

  Sullivan, John T ^a   Rabenhorst, Scott D ^b   Dreessen, Joel ^c   McGee, Thomas J ^a   Delgado, Ruben ^d   Twigg, Laurence ^e   Sumnicht, Grant ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Air Quality Monitoring and Planning Program   (United States)

^d NASA Goddard Space Flight Center   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Low level jet; O3 transport; Remote sensing; TOLNet

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

BALLOON-BORNE OBSERVATIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LOW LEVEL JET; NOCTURNAL LOW-LEVEL JETS; O3 TRANSPORT; SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND; TOLNET;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

OZONE;

ADVECTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENTRAINMENT; JET; LIDAR; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; TRAJECTORY; URBAN AREA;

ADVECTION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONNECTICUT; LOW LEVEL JET; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; METEOROLOGY; NEW YORK; NIGHT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; UNITED STATES; WIND;

BALTIMORE; CONNECTICUT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 85016302639     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.03.039     Document Type: Article

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