Process analysis of the impact of atmospheric recirculation on consecutive high-O 3 episodes over the Seoul Metropolitan Area in the Korean Peninsula

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 213-222

  Jeon, Won Bae ^a   Lee, Soon Hwan ^a   Lee, Hwa Woon ^a   Kim, Hyun Goo ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMAQ; FLEXPART; Ozone; Recirculation; Seoul

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; ATMOSPHERIC RECIRCULATION; CMAQ; EMISSION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; FLEXPART; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE DISPERSION MODEL; PHOTOCHEMICAL OZONE; PROCESS ANALYSIS; RECIRCULATIONS; SEOUL; SEOUL METROPOLITAN AREA; SURFACE OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

OZONE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTH KOREA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WIND;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84867448218     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.031     Document Type: Article

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