Effects of the meteorological variability on regional air quality in East Asia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-55

  Jeong, Jaein I ^a   Park, Rokjin J ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Chemical transport model; Meteorological variability; Ozone; Secondary inorganic aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; CLOUD COVER; EAST ASIA; EASTERN CHINA; EMISSION INVENTORIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; MODEL SIMULATION; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; QUALITY DEGRADATION; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; SCALE FACTOR; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SIMULATED RESULTS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; MIXING; OZONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; EOS; NITRATE; OXIDATION; OZONE; SULFATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84872011036     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.11.061     Document Type: Article

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