The mistral and its effect on air pollution transport and vertical mixing

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 275-302

  Corsmeier, Ulrich ^a   Behrendt, R ^a   Drobinski, Ph ^b   Kottmeier, Ch ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Hydraulic jump; Mistral; Ozone concentration; Trace gas transport; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

AIR; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION TRANSPORT; COASTAL REGIONS; WEATHER FORECAST MODELS; WIND SYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE; TRACE GAS; VERTICAL MIXING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; RHONE VALLEY; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14044257125     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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