Study of CO surface pollution in Europe based on observations and nested-grid applications of GEOS-CHEM global chemical transport model

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 209-227

  Protonotariou, Anna P ^a   Tombrou, Maria ^a   Giannakopoulos, Christos ^b   Kostopoulou, Effie ^b   Le Sager, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION; MODELING; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 78149293976     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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