Simulations of organic aerosol concentrations in Mexico City using the WRF-CHEM model during the MCMA-2006/MILAGRO campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3789-3809

  Li, G ^a,b   Zavala, M ^a   Lei, W ^a,b   Tsimpidi, A P ^c,d   Karydis, V A ^c,d   Pandis, S N ^c,e   Canagaratna, M R ^f   Molina, L T ^a,b  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

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

EID: 79955549402     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3789-2011     Document Type: Article

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