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The geographical distribution of meteorological parameters associated with high and low summer ozone levels in the lower troposphere and the boundary layer over the eastern Mediterranean (Cairo case) Cover

The geographical distribution of meteorological parameters associated with high and low summer ozone levels in the lower troposphere and the boundary layer over the eastern Mediterranean (Cairo case)

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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|Jan 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v67.27853 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 27853 - 27853
Submitted on: Mar 12, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 26, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Ozone,
atmospheric transport,
eastern Mediterranean,
Cairo

© 2015 Pavlos D. Kalabokas, Valerie Thouret, Jean-Pierre Cammas, Andreas Volz-Thomas, Damien Boulanger, Christos C. Repapis, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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