Simulation of regional dust and its effect on photochemistry in the Mexico City area during MILAGRO experiment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2549-2558

  Ying, Zhuming ^a,b   Tie, Xuexi ^b   Madronich, Sasha ^b   Li, Guohui ^c   Massie, Steven ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MOLINA CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Mexico City; Photochemistry; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC FLUX; AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL/DYNAMICAL MODELS; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRY LAND; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST EVENT; DUST PARTICLE; DUST SOURCES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HYDROXYL RADICALS; MEGACITIES; MEXICO CITY; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OH CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE MASS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SIMULATED DUST; SURROUNDING REGIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WRF/CHEM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPERIMENTS; OZONE; RADIATION EFFECTS; SUN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DUST;

HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DUST; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; MEXICO; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 79953302569     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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