An evaluation of air quality modeling over the Pearl River Delta during November 2006

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 113-132

  Wu, Qizhong ^a,d   Wang, Zifa ^b   Chen, Huansheng ^b,c   Zhou, Wen ^d   Wenig, Mark ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; MODELING; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84860466869     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-011-0179-z     Document Type: Article

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