Lumping, testing, tuning: The invention of an artificial chemistry in atmospheric transport modeling

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-232

  Heymann, Matthias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmospheric chemistry; Atmospheric transport; Computer model; Computer simulation; Model building; Ozone formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957142792     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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