Evaluation of two isoprene emission models for use in a long-range air pollution model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7399-7412

  Zare, A ^a,b   Christensen, J H ^b   Irannejad, P ^a   Brandt, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; ISOPRENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE; SAVANNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84866078976     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7399-2012     Document Type: Article

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