Modelling different meteorological situations in Catalunya, Spain, with MM5 and TAPM mesoscale models: A comparative study

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 20, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 256-268

  Soriano, C ^a   Soler, R M ^b   Pino, D ^a,c   Alarcon M ^a   Physick, B ^d   Hurley, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational resources; Mesoscale meteorological models; Pollutant advection; Sea breeze; Slope winds; Sodar

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

METEOROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPAIN; SUMMER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 2342435565     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2003.004289     Document Type: Article

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