Development and application of a reactive plume-in-grid model: Evaluation over Greater Paris

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8917-8931

  Korsakissok, I ^a,b   Mallet, V ^a,b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

NEPTUNIA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 77957107856     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8917-2010     Document Type: Article

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