Influence of topography and land use on pollutants dispersion in the Atlantic coast of Iberian Peninsula

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 3969-3982

  Carvalho, A C ^a   Carvalho, A ^a   Gelpi, I ^b   Barreiro, M ^b   Borrego, C ^a   Miranda, A I ^a   Perez Munuzuri V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UCM Av Complutense S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ozone patterns; Physiographical aspects; Thermal induced circulations

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DISPERSIONS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

LAND-SEA THERMAL-INDUCED; OZONE PATTERNS; PHYSIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS; THERMAL INDUCED CIRCULATIONS;

COASTAL ZONES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LAND USE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; HYPOBARISM; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; THERMAL POLLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744807233     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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