Simulating the fine and coarse inorganic particulate matter concentrations in a polluted megacity

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 608-620

  Karydis, Vlassis A ^a,b   Tsimpidi, Alexandra P ^a,b   Fountoukis, Christos ^a   Nenes, Athanasios ^a,c,d   Zavala, Miguel ^e,f   Lei, Wenfang ^e,f   Molina, Luisa T ^e,f   Pandis, Spyros N ^a,b,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Molina Center for Energy and the Environment (MCE2)   (United States)

^g CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical transport model; Dust; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; COARSE MODE; CONCENTRATION OF; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; HYBRID APPROACH; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; INORGANIC PARTICULATES; MEGACITIES; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN AREAS; MINERAL DUST; MODE COMPOSITION; MODEL PREDICTION; PHYSICAL STATE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL CHEMICALS; URBAN AREAS; WATER UPTAKE;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; NITRATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

AMMONIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; MASS TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEGACITY; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIMULATION; SULFATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVAPORATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEXICO; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER TRANSPORT;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 74849124606     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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