Near-surface ozone trends over Europe in RegCM3/CAMx simulations for the time period 1996-2006

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-18

  Akritidis, D ^a   Zanis, P ^a   Pytharoulis, I ^a   Karacostas, Th ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Anthropogenic emissions; Europe; Near surface ozone; Trend

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELING; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; EUROPE; NEAR SURFACES; TREND;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; EMISSION CONTROL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POLICY MAKING; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUSTRIAN; AUTUMN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; CLIMATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GERMANY; METEOROLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OZONE LAYER; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIMULATION; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPRING; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWITZERLAND; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

BENELUX; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84906345379     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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