Regional modeling of carbonaceous aerosols over Europe-focus on secondary organic aerosols

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-202

  Bessagnet, Bertrand ^a   Menut, Laurent ^b   Curd, Gabriele ^c   Hodzic, Alma ^d   Guillaume, Bruno ^e   Liousse, Catherine ^e   Moukhtar, Sophie ^f   Pun, Betty ^g   Seigneur, Christian ^g   Schulz, Michael ^h  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Atmospheric and Environmental Research   (United States)

^h LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Isoprene; Modeling; Monoterpenes; Organic carbon; Secondary organic aerosols

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE; ORGANIC CARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; ISOPRENE; MONOTERPENE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; EUROPE; FIRE; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SLOVAKIA; WINTER; WOOD;

EUROPE;

EID: 77149148134     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-009-9129-2     Document Type: Review

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