Quantification of the impact of climate uncertainty on regional air quality

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 865-878

  Liao, K J ^a   Tagaris, E ^a   Manomaiphiboon, K ^a,d   Wang, C ^b   Woo, J H ^c,e   Amar, P ^c   He, S ^c   Russell, A G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management NESCAUM   (United States)

^d KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^e Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMISSION CONTROL; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

MIDWEST; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60649091082     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-865-2009     Document Type: Article

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