Climate-driven changes in air quality over Europe by the end of the 21st century, with special reference to Portugal

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 445-458

  Carvalho, A ^a   Monteiro, A ^a   Solman, S ^b   Miranda, A I ^a   Borrego, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air quality modelling; Meteorological fields; Ozone; Particulate matter; Regional climate change

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955471495     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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