Adapting CMAQ to investigate air pollution in North Sea coastal regions

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-368

  Matthias, V ^a   Aulinger, A ^a   Quante, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Chemistry transport modeling; Model validation; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; SEA REGION; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; HYDROCARBON; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; WET DEPOSITION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

EID: 35348929533     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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