Sensitivity of air pollution simulations with LOTOS-EUROS to the temporal distribution of anthropogenic emissions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 939-955

  Mues, A ^a,e   Kuenen, J ^b   Hendriks, C ^b   Manders, A ^b   Segers, A ^b   Scholz, Y ^c   Hueglin, C ^d   Builtjes, P ^a,b   Schaap, M ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84893429859     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-939-2014     Document Type: Article

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