Evaluation of an air quality simulation of the Lower Fraser Valley - II. Photochemistry

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1617-1630

  Hedley, Mark ^a   Mclaren, R ^a   Jiang, Weimin ^a   Singleton, D L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Mesoscale modelling; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; URBAN AREA;

AIR QUALITY; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MESOSCALE MODELLING;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER VALLEY;

EID: 0030616171     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00340-8     Document Type: Article

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