Impact of emission reductions between 1980 and 2020 on atmospheric benzo[a]pyrene concentrations over europe

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1393-1414

  Bieser, Johannes ^a,b   Aulinger, Armin ^a   Matthias, Volker ^a   Quante, Markus ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric concentrations; Benzo a pyrene; Chemistry transport model; CMAQ; Emission reduction; PAH

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BENZO [A] PYRENE; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; CMAQ; EMISSION REDUCTION;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MODELS; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EMISSION CONTROL; METROPOLITAN AREA; PAH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; ITALY; MADRID [SPAIN]; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; PO VALLEY; RHINE-RUHR; SPAIN; VIENNA;

EID: 84859157922     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0953-z     Document Type: Article

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