Modelling the photochemical pollution over the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, Brazil

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-380

  Borrego, C ^a   Monteiro, A ^a   Ferreira, J ^a   Moraes, M R ^b   Carvalho, A ^a   Ribeiro, I ^a   Miranda, A I ^a   Moreira, D M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA E EXTENSÃO RURAL DE SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air quality modelling; CALGRID; CAMx; Ozone; Porto Alegre Brazil

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY MODELLING; CALGRID; CAMX; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL MODEL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL POLLUTION; PORTO ALEGRE - BRAZIL;

MONITORING;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRPORT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REFINING INDUSTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRAZIL; PORTO ALEGRE; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

EID: 73749084127     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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