Effect of horizontal resolution on meteorology and air-quality prediction with a regional scale model

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 574-594

  Varghese, Saji ^a   Langmann, Baerbel ^b   Ceburnis, Darius ^a   O'Dowd, Colin D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmospheric chemistry; Deposition; Horizontal resolution; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARAMETERS; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL SPECIES CONCENTRATIONS; DYNAMIC PROCESS; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; HORIZONTAL MODELS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL SCALE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEA SALTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIAL MODEL RESOLUTIONS; SULPHATES; SURFACE PRESSURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WESTERN EUROPE; WET AND DRY; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 79960121418     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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