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In this chapter, we discuss the climatology of the South Coast Air Basin, with an emphasis on factors that affect air pollution. The relevant atmospheric processes span the spectrum from global to local scales, as typified by the subtropical anticyclone belt and the sea breeze, respectively. We also describe the El Niño phenomenon, which was developing as one of the strongest on record in summer 1997 and which has had profound but unpredictable consequences for the region.
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Fujioka, F.M., Roads, J.O., Chen, SC. (1999). Climatology. In: Miller, P.R., McBride, J.R. (eds) Oxidant Air Pollution Impacts in the Montane Forests of Southern California. Ecological Studies, vol 134. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1436-6_3
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