Does an increase in air quality models' resolution bring surface ozone concentrations closer to reality?

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1955-1968

  Valari, Myrto ^a   Menut, Laurent ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELING; AIR-QUALITY MODELS; DOWN-SCALING; DRY DEPOSITION PROCESS; EMISSION DATUM; EMISSION FLUXES; EMISSION PATTERNS; HEALTH IMPACTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTIONS; INPUT PARAMETERS; MEAN VALUES; MESO-SCALE; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL RESOLUTIONS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; POPULATION EXPOSURES; SOURCE OF NOISE; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTIES; SPATIAL SCALE; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; SUB GRIDS; SUB-GRID SCALE; SUB-GRID VARIABILITIES; SURFACE CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; LAND USE; OZONE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOWNSCALING; DRY DEPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65549139897     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1123.1     Document Type: Article

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