Model evaluation and scale issues in chemical and optical aerosol properties over the greater Milan area (Italy), for June 2001

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-267

  de Meij, A ^a   Wagner, S ^b   Cuvelier, C ^a   Dentener, F ^a   Gobron, N ^a   Thunis, P ^a   Schaap, M ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b MET Division   (Germany)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Aerosols; Mesoscale modelling; Space remote sensing products; Sun photometer data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SUN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; MESOSCALE MODELLING; SUN PHOTOMETER;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; MODELING; MODIS; PHOTOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347228680     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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