Validation of the MIMOSA-AURORA-IFDM model chain for policy support: Modeling concentrations of elemental carbon in Flanders

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 6705-6713

  Lefebvre, Wouter ^a   Vercauteren, Jordy ^b   Schrooten, Liesbeth ^a   Janssen, Stijn ^a   Degraeuwe, Bart ^a   Maenhaut, Willy ^c   de Vlieger, Ina ^a   Vankerkom, Jean ^a   Cosemans, Guido ^a   Mensink, Clemens ^a   Veldeman, Nele ^a   Deutsch, Felix ^a   Van Looy, Stijn ^a   Peelaerts, Wim ^a   Lefebre, Filip ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Flanders; Policy support; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MODEL; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EMISSION CHANGE; FLANDERS; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MODEL RESULTS; POLICY SUPPORT; VALIDATION;

METEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARBON;

CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY MODELING IN URBAN REGION USING AN OPTIMAL RESOLUTION APPROACH MODEL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; IMMISSION FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION MODEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; MIMOSA4 MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 80053929995     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.08.033     Document Type: Article

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