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Strong wintertime ozone events in the Upper Green River basin, Wyoming
B. Rappenglück
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
L. Ackermann
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
S. Alvarez
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
J. Golovko
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
M. Buhr
Air Quality Design, Boulder, CO, USA
R. A. Field
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
J. Soltis
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
D. C. Montague
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
B. Hauze
Meteorological Solutions Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
S. Adamson
Meteorological Solutions Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
D. Risch
Meteorological Solutions Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
G. Wilkerson
Meteorological Solutions Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, USA
D. Bush
T&B Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, USA
T. Stoeckenius
Environ, Novato, CA, USA
C. Keslar
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Cheyenne, WY, USA
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