Modelling the effects of climate change on air quality over Central and Eastern Europe: Concept, evaluation and projections

Climate Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-203

  Juda Rezler, Katarzyna ^a   Reizer, Magdalena ^a   Huszar, Peter ^b   Krüger, Bernd C ^c   Zanis, Prodromos ^d   Syrakov, Dimiter ^e   Katragkou, Eleni ^d   Trapp, Wojciech ^f   Melas, Dimitris ^d   Chervenkov, Hristo ^e   Tegoulias, Ioannis ^d   Halenka, Tomas ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^f Air Protection Unit of Ekometria   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air quality; Central Eastern Europe; Climate change; Future projection; Model evaluation; Ozone; Particulate matter; Regional modelling

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; MODEL EVALUATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGIONAL MODELLING;

AIR QUALITY; OZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84864761310     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01072     Document Type: Article

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