Modelling and predicting urban atmospheric pollutants in the Aosta Valley region of Italy using a site-optimised model

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-20

  Dirks, Kim N ^a   Nanni, Alessandro ^b   Dirks, Vincent I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ARIANET Srl   (Italy)

^c D2 Solutions ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollutants; Modelling; Urban

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTIMIZATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33646182008     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.123     Document Type: Article

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