Evaluation of two ozone air quality modelling systems

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1389-1398

  Ortega, S ^a   Soler, M R ^a   Beneito, J ^a   Pino, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 4744376033     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-4-1389-2004     Document Type: Article

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