Application of WRF/Chem-MADRID and WRF/Polyphemus in Europe - Part 1: Model description, evaluation of meteorological predictions, and aerosol-meteorology interactions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 6807-6843

  Zhang, Y ^a   Sartelet, K ^b   Wu, S Y ^c   Seigneur, C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; DIURNAL VARIATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

WESTERN EUROPE;

POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 84880642509     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-6807-2013     Document Type: Article

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