Characterizations of chemical oxidants in Mexico City: A regional chemical dynamical model (WRF-Chem) study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1989-2008

  Tie, Xuexi ^a   Madronich, Sasha ^a   Li, GuoHui ^b   Ying, Zhuming ^c   Zhang, Renyi ^b   Garcia, Agustin R ^d   Lee Taylor, Julia ^a   Liu, Yubao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Texas A and M ^*  (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air quality; Mexico city; Tie et al.; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

CHEMICAL OXIDANTS; EMISSIONS YIELD; WRF-CHEM;

OZONE;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDANT; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; MODEL; NIGHT; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846534840     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.10.053     Document Type: Article

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