Author(s)

C. Duenas, M.C. Fernandez, S. Canete, J. Carretero and E. Liger

Abstract

From November 1996 to October 1997 we measured the ozone concentrations in an urban area of the city of Malaga. The city is in the south-east region of Spain on the Mediterranean coast and it is surrounded by mountains to the north. The climate in Malaga is moderate, between temperate and warm and it has a low rainfall. Ozone data has been continuously collected every two minutes. In this paper, we present results from the intensive measurements obtained during this first field study. The objective is to perceive the seasonal and daily variation patterns of ozone concentrations and to identify which meteorological parameters are strongly associated with the fluctuations of ozone concentration. The hourly average concentrat

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