A numerical study of the effect of sea breeze circulation on photochemical pollution over a highly industrialized peninsula

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-31

  Mangia, Cristina ^a   Schipa, Ilenia ^a   Tanzarella, Annalisa ^a   Conte, Dario ^a   Marra, Gian Paolo ^a   Miglietta, Mario Marcello ^a   Rizza, Umberto ^a  

^a Unit of Lecce   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mesoscale modelling; Mesoscale models; Ozone; RAMS; Sea breeze circulations

Indexed keywords

OZONE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

GROUND LEVEL OZONE CONCENTRATION; MESO-SCALE MODELS; MESOSCALE MODELLING; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OZONE AND ITS PRECURSORS; PHOTOCHEMICAL POLLUTION; SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONVERGENCE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEA BREEZE; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ITALY;

EID: 77149163833     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.147     Document Type: Article

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