Assessment of the AMS-MINNI system capabilities to simulate air quality over Italy for the calendar year 2005

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 178-188

  Mircea, M ^a   Ciancarella, L ^a   Briganti, G ^a   Calori, G ^b   Cappelletti, A ^a   Cionni, I ^a   Costa, M ^b   Cremona, G ^a   D'Isidoro, M ^a   Finardi, S ^b   Pace, G ^a   Piersanti, A ^a   Righini, G ^a   Silibello, C ^b   Vitali, L ^a   Zanini, G ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ARIANET Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution assessment; Model validation; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; PM10

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENTS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS; ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PM10;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ITALIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; SARDINIA; SICILY;

EID: 84891000082     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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