Numerical simulations of local circulations and pollution transport over Reunion Island

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-69

  Lesouef D ^a   Gheusi, F ^b   Delmas, R ^a   Escobar, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (General or miscellaneous)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE FORCING;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 78651313982     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-53-2011     Document Type: Article

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