Testing kernel density reconstruction for Lagrangian photochemical modelling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 7770-7785

  Monforti, Fabio ^a   Vitali, Lina ^a   Pagnini, Gianni ^a   Lorenzini, Rita ^a   Monache, Luca Delle ^b   Zanini, Gabriele ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex chemical mechanism; Grid free model; Kernel density estimator; Lagrangian chemical transport model; Photochemical pollution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPLEX CHEMICAL MECHANISM; GRID-FREE MODELS; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATORS; LAGRANGIAN CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL POLLUTION;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33751007257     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.046     Document Type: Article

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