Impact of HONO sources on the performance of mesoscale air quality models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-176

  Goncalves M ^a,b   Dabdub, D ^c   Chang, W L ^c   Jorba, O ^b   Baldasano, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Hydroxyl radical; Nitrous acid sources; Secondary pollutants formation; Tropospheric chemistry

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELING; HYDROXYL RADICALS; NITROUS ACID; SECONDARY POLLUTANTS FORMATION; TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

HYDROLYSIS; INORGANIC ACIDS; KINETICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PETROLEUM REFINING; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTION; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS ACID;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ORGANIC ACID; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOLYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMIDITY; HYDROLYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

ANDALUCIA; EL ARENOSILLO; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84860535827     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.079     Document Type: Article

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