The urban plume of Vienna: Comparisons between aircraft measurements and photochemical model results

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 14-15, 1998, Pages 2479-2489

  Wotawa, Gerhard ^a   Stohl, Andreas ^b   Neininger, Bruno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MetAir AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lagrangian modelling; Ozone; Photochemistry; Transport of air pollutants; Urban plumes

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LAGRANGIAN PHOTOCHEMICAL BOX MODEL;

THERMAL PLUMES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CALCULATION; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRIA, VIENNA;

EID: 0032146926     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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