Integrating Saharan dust forecasts into a regional chemical transport model: A case study over Northern Italy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 224-231

  Carnevale, C ^a   Finzi, G ^a   Pisoni, E ^a   Volta, M ^a   Kishcha, P ^b   Alpert, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Dust forecast; Multiphase chemical transport model; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MODELS; AIR POLLUTION MODELING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; DETERMINISTIC TRANSPORT; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST EVENT; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MEAN ERRORS; MESOSCALE; MULTIPHASE CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; NORTHERN ITALY; PM10 CONCENTRATION; PO VALLEY; REGIONAL CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; REMOTE SITES; SAHARAN DUST;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; FORECASTING; INTEGRATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; IMAGE DISPLAY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; DUST; FORECASTING; ITALY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILICON DIOXIDE; WIND;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 84857030486     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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