Towards use of grids in environmental research, management and policy

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 20, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 297-308

  Mineter, Michael J ^a   Dowers, Steve ^a   Skouloudis, Andreas N ^b   Jarvis, Claire H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental modelling; Grid computing; Policy support; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT; METADATA; PUBLIC POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2342444709     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2003.004293     Document Type: Article

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