Effects of climate change on ozone and particulate matter over Central and Eastern Europe

Climate Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-68

  Huszar, P ^a   Juda Rezler, K ^b   Halenka, T ^a   Chervenkov, H ^c   Syrakov, D ^c   Kruger B C ^d   Zanis, P ^e   Melas, D ^e   Katragkou, E ^e   Reizer, M ^b   Trapp, W ^f   Belda, M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f Air Protection Unit of Ekometria   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coupled climate chemistry models; Future air quality; Ozone; Particulate matter; Pollutant exceedances

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE; CENTRAL EUROPE; FUTURE CLIMATE; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; HORIZONTAL WINDS; MODEL SIMULATION; OZONE EXPOSURES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTS PER BILLION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; POLLUTANT EXCEEDANCES; POLLUTANT LEVELS; ROMANIA; SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE; TIME SLICE; VERTICAL MIXING;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLLUTANT; RESOLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THRESHOLD;

EUROPE;

EID: 82555196026     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01036     Document Type: Article

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