Equilibrium of sinks and sources of sulphate over Europe: Comparison between a six-year simulation and EMEP observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4505-4519

  Menegoz M ^a   Salas Y Melia, D ^a   Legrand, M ^b   Teyssedre H ^a   Michou, M ^a   Peuch, V H ^a   Martet, M ^c   Josse, B ^a   Dombrowski Etchevers, I ^d  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC SINK; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SULFATE; WET DEPOSITION;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 72449130555     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-4505-2009     Document Type: Article

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