Day-night Ozone Patterns Found In The City Of Cartagena
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Free (open access)
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Volume
37
Pages
9
Published
1999
Size
658 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/AIR990601
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
J. Moreno, S. Moreno-Grail, J. Bayo, J.M. Angosto, E. Jimenez-Torres B. Elvira-Rendueles and J. Moreno-Clavel
Abstract
This paper presents the hourly evolution for ozone during the period 1995 to 1997. Data were provided by the Pollution Surveillance Network of the City of Cartagena from five stations spread in the metropolitan area. Data were recorded as thirty-minute averages. Different patterns were found when comparing day vs. night. During day time O] behavior is characteristic as being clearly related to temperature. The descent in early morning is caused by a rise of nitrogen oxides, which at first consume 03 and later, with solar radiation, produce 63 by a feedback photoche
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