Wind flow and photochemical air pollution in Thessaloniki, Greece. Part I: Simulations with the European Zooming Model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1741-1751

  Moussiopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Papalexiou, Sophia ^b   Sahm, Peter ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AIAS Research Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Comparison of chemical reaction mechanisms; Mesoscale model simulations; Photochemical pollution; Sea breeze; Thessaloniki

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WIND EFFECTS;

COMPARISON OF CHEMICAL REACTION MECHANISMS; MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL POLLUTION; SEA BREEZE; THESSALONIKI;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPLEXITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; MESOSCALE MOTION; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEA BREEZE; SIMULATION; WIND VELOCITY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33746554338     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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