A simple photochemical module implemented in RAMS for tropospheric ozone concentration forecast in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil: Coupling and validation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 34, 2005, Pages 6352-6361

  De Freitas, Edmilson Dias ^a   Martins, Leila Droprinchinski ^a   Da Silva Dias, Pedro Leite ^a   De Fátima Andrade, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Photochemical pollution; RAMS; Tropospheric ozone concentration forecast; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

NUMERICAL MODELING; PHOTOCHEMICAL POLLUTION; RAMS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE CONCENTRATION FORECAST; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

TROPOSPHERE;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FORECASTING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPOSPHERE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26044475593     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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