Estimating the effects of increased urbanization on surface meteorology and ozone concentrations in the New York City metropolitan region

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1803-1818

  Civerolo, Kevin ^a   Hogrefe, Christian ^a,b   Lynn, Barry ^c,d   Rosenthal, Joyce ^d   Ku, Jia Yeong ^a   Solecki, William ^e   Cox, Jennifer ^e   Small, Christopher ^f   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^c   Goldberg, Richard ^c   Knowlton, Kim ^g   Kinney, Patrick ^g  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution meteorology; Land use change; MM5; Models 3 CMAQ; O3

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; MM5; MODELS-3/CMAQ; O3;

URBAN PLANNING;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; OZONE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VAPOR;

CONNECTICUT; LONG ISLAND SOUND; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846424227     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.076     Document Type: Article

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