Modeling of gas and aerosol with WRF/Chem over Europe: Evaluation and sensitivity study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tuccella, Paolo ^a   Curci, Gabriele ^a   Visconti, Guido ^a   Bessagnet, Bertrand ^b   Menut, Laurent ^c   Park, Rokjin J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

AEROSOL MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; AQUEOUS PHASE; AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CARBONACEOUS FRACTIONS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; EUROPEAN MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROGRAMME; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; INTERCONTINENTAL TRANSPORT; NEGATIVE BIAS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SULPHATES; TIME INVARIANTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84856962320     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016302     Document Type: Article

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