The use of a modelling system as a tool for air quality management: Annual high-resolution simulations and evaluation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 323-340

  Jiménez Guerrero, Pedro ^a   Jorba, Oriol ^a   Baldasano, José M ^a,b   Gassó, Santiago ^b  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality management; Air quality modeling; Atmospheric dynamics; Mediterranean Basin; Photochemistry; Regulatory applications

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AIR QUALITY MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN BASINS; REGULATORY APPLICATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; MODELING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; EVALUATION; METEOROLOGY; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPAIN;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 37249005941     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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