Using a photochemical model to assess the horizontal, vertical and time distribution of PM2.5 in a complex area: Relationships between the regional and local sources and the meteorological conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 681-691

  Pecorari, Eliana ^a   Squizzato, Stefania ^a   Masiol, Mauro ^a   Radice, Paola ^b   Pavoni, Bruno ^a   Rampazzo, Giancarlo ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b ARIANET Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local contribution; Photochemical model; Planetary Boundary Layer; PM2.5; Regional contribution

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; COLD SEASON; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; LARGE CITIES; LOCAL CONTRIBUTION; LOCAL SOURCE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NONHOMOGENEITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PO VALLEY; REGIONAL CONTRIBUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT MODELS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EMISSION; HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLEXIBLE AIR QUALITY REGIONAL MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALY; METEOROLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER BEHAVIOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; WIND; WIND DIRECTION; WINTER;

ITALY; PO VALLEY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE;

EID: 84870709425     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.047     Document Type: Article

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