Regional modelling of tracer transport by tropical convection Part 2: Sensitivity to model resolutions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 7101-7114

  Arteta, J ^a   Marecal V ^a   Riviere E D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 75449097191     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-7101-2009     Document Type: Article

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