Impact of the extreme meteorological conditions during the summer 2003 in Europe on particulate matter concentrations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 377-391

  Mues, A ^a   Manders, A ^b   Schaap, M ^b   Kerschbaumer, A ^a   Stern, R ^a   Builtjes, P ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemistry transport models; Composition; Meteorological variability; Model evaluation; PM10

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CHANGING CLIMATE; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EMISSION SOURCES; EXTREME CONDITIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; LOW WIND SPEED; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL INPUT; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; MINERAL DUST; MODEL EVALUATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; PM10 CONCENTRATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SIMULATION PERFORMANCE; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WET DEPOSITION; WILD FIRE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WILDFIRE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUMMER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84859896661     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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