Evaluating the impact of chemical boundary conditions on near surface ozone in regional climate-air quality simulations over Europe

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-130

  Akritidis, D ^a   Zanis, P ^a   Katragkou, E ^a   Schultz, M G ^b   Tegoulias, I ^a   Poupkou, A ^a   Markakis, K ^a,c   Pytharoulis, I ^a   Karacostas, Th ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Chemical lateral boundary conditions; Europe; Evaluation; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELING; EUROPE; EVALUATION; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; OZONE; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR QUALITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84883504126     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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