Modeling pollutant transport during high-ozone episodes in the southern Appalachian Mountains

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2105-2120

  Mueller, Stephen F ^a   Song, Aaron ^b   Norris, William B ^b   Gupta, Shekhar ^b   Mcnider, Richard T ^b  

^a TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; MODELLING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

LAGRANGIAN MODEL; MODELLING; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

USA, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0030405405     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<2105:MPTDHO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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