A model for European Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound emissions: Software development and first validation

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1845-1856

  Poupkou, Anastasia ^a   Giannaros, Theodoros ^a   Markakis, Konstantinos ^a   Kioutsioukis, Ioannis ^a   Curci, Gabriele ^b   Melas, Dimitrios ^a   Zerefos, Christos ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogenic emissions; Emission model; Europe; Isoprene; Monoterpenes

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; EMISSION MODEL; EUROPE; ISOPRENE; MONOTERPENES;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAND USE; METHANE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SUN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; DATABASE; EMISSION INVENTORY; LAND USE; MODEL VALIDATION; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; PHYTOMASS; SOFTWARE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VEGETATION COVER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 78649873371     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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