Assessing sensitivity regimes of secondary inorganic aerosol formation in Europe with the CALIOPE-EU modeling system

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-164

  Pay, María T ^a   Jiménez Guerrero, Pedro ^b   Baldasano, José M ^a,c  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosol precursors; Air quality; Ammonia; Geochemistry; Model evaluation; Nitrate; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELING; AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL REGIMES; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; GAS PRECURSORS; GASEOUS PRECURSORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INORGANIC AEROSOL; KEY INDICATOR; MODEL ESTIMATES; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL REPRESENTATION; MODELING SYSTEMS; MONITORING NETWORK; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SULFATE; SUMMER MONTHS; URBAN BACKGROUND;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EMISSION CONTROL; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

REDUCTION;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; GEOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CALIOPE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; FIELD EMISSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84857909013     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.01.027     Document Type: Article

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