Application of a multiscale, coupled MM5/chemistry model to the complex terrain of the VOTALP valley campaign

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1435-1453

  Grell, Georg A ^a   Emeis, Stefan ^a   Stockwell, William R ^b   Schoenemeyer, Thomas ^a   Forkel, Renate ^a   Michalakes, John ^c   Knoche, Richard ^a   Seidl, Winfried ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE MM5; SOFTWARE PACKAGE RADM2;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VALLEY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SWITZERLAND; WIND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033627124     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00402-1     Document Type: Article

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