Development and application of a Lagrangian model to determine the origins of ozone episodes in the UK

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-641

  Strong, J ^a   Whyatt, J D ^a   Hewitt, C N ^a   Derwent, R G ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RDSCIENTIFIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELMO; Episode sensitivity; HYSPLIT; Source attribution

Indexed keywords

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INDICATOR SPECIES; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; LOCAL OZONE PRODUCTIONS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MONITORING STATIONS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE EPISODES; OZONE PRODUCTION; SINGLE PARTICLE; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; EDINBURGH LANCASTER MODEL FOR OZONE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74849123637     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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