Validation of Martilli's urban boundary layer scheme with measurements from two mid-latitude European cities

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4513-4526

  Hamdi, R ^a   Schayes, G ^b  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARSEILLES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548378652     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-4513-2007     Document Type: Article

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