Evaluation of high-resolution forecasts with the non-hydrostatic numerical weather prediction model Lokalmodell for urban air pollution episodes in Helsinki, Oslo and Valencia

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2107-2128

  Fay, B ^a   Neunhauserer L ^a,b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b IVU Umwelt GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; URBANIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745613305     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-2107-2006     Document Type: Article

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