Increase in summer European ozone amounts due to climate change

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 7577-7587

  Meleux, Frederik ^a   Solmon, Fabien ^b   Giorgi, Filippo ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality; Climate changes; Modelling; Ozone; Public information

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; POLLUTANTS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

OZONE LAYER;

ISOPRENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SUMMER;

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH; METEOROLOGY; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36049008092     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.048     Document Type: Article

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