Air quality in Europe during the summer of 2003 as a prototype of air quality in a warmer climate

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 339, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 747-763

  Vautard, Robert ^a   Beekmann, Matthias ^b   Desplat, Julien ^c   Hodzic, Alma ^d   Morel, Sophie ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Heat wave; Ozone; Summer 2003; Wild fires

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SUMMER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36049025573     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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