Impact of horizontal grid resolution on air quality modeling: A case study over Italy

HARMO 2010 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 166-170

  Mircea, Mihaela ^a   Cappelletti, Andrea ^b   Briganti, Gino ^b   Vitali, Lina ^a   Pace, Giandomenico ^a   Marri, Pietro ^b   Silibello, Camillo ^c   Finardi, Sandro ^c   Calori, Giuseppe ^c   Zanini, Gabriele ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c ARIANET Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Horizontal spatial resolution; Model validation; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; OZONE; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL POLLUTION;

FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELLING; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84891036314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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