Modelling photochemical air pollutant formation in Hungary using an adaptive grid technique

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 44-58

  Lagzi, István ^a   Turányi, Tamás ^a   Tomlin, Alison S ^b   Haszpra, László ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adaptive gridding method; Eulerian model; Photochemical air pollution; Urban plume

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY;

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; EULERIAN MODELS; GRIDDING METHOD; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION EMISSION; PHOTOCHEMICAL AIR POLLUTION; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY MODELING; URBAN PLUMES;

OZONE;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUNGARY; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 57349097336     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2009.021816     Document Type: Article

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