The impact of resolution on ship plume simulations with NOx chemistry

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7505-7518

  Charlton Perez, C L ^a,b   Evans, M J ^a   Marsham, J H ^a   Esler, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; EXHAUST EMISSION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; SHIPPING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 70450261307     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-7505-2009     Document Type: Article

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