Effects of resolution on the relative importance of numerical and physical horizontal diffusion in atmospheric composition modelling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2737-2743

  D'Isidoro, M ^a   Maurizi, A ^a   Tampieri, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77949990471     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-2737-2010     Document Type: Article

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