Simulations of Mideast transboundary ozone transport: A source apportionment case study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3700-3716

  Weinroth, E ^a   Luria, M ^b   Emery, C ^c   Ben Nun, A ^b   Bornstein, R ^d   Kaplan, J ^b   Peleg, M ^b   Mahrer, Y ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Atmospheric chemistry; Emissions modeling; Mesoscale meteorology; Model evaluation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TITRATION;

EMISSION MODELING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL EVALUATION;

AIR QUALITY;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; BROMINE MONOXIDE; OZONE; WATER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BROMINE COMPOUND; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL TEST; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEPARATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND VELOCITY;

ACCURACY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; ISRAEL; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASHORE; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TITRIMETRY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VELOCITY; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 43049175196     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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