Assessment of parameters describing representativeness of air quality in-situ measurement sites

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3561-3581

  Henne, S ^a   Brunner, D ^a   Folini, D ^b   Solberg, S ^c   Klausen, J ^a   Buchmann, B ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATCHMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACE GAS; WIND FIELD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 77951225650     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3561-2010     Document Type: Article

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