Influence of topography on the Phoenix CO2 dome: A computational study

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 103-107

  Wang, Ge ^a   Ostoja Starzewski, Martin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CO2 dome; Complex terrain; Mesoscale model; Nested grid; Ozone study

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646254375     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.67     Document Type: Article

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