Influence of the PBL scheme on high-resolution photochemical simulations in an urban coastal area over the Western Mediterranean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 5274-5297

  Pérez, Carlos ^a   Jiménez, Pedro ^a   Jorba, Oriol ^a   Sicard, Michael ^b   Baldasano, José M ^a  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality modelling; Complex terrain; Mixing height; MM5; Models 3 CMAQ

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MIXING HEIGHT; MM5; MODELS-3/CMAQ;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; COASTAL ZONE; LIDAR; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASHORE; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 33746214619     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.04.039     Document Type: Article

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