APIFLAME v1.0: High-resolution fire emission model and application to the Euro-Mediterranean region

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 587-612

  Turquety, S ^a   Menut, L ^b   Bessagnet, B ^c   Anav, A ^b,f   Viovy, N ^d   Maignan, F ^d   Wooster, M ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACE GAS;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84906715953     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-587-2014     Document Type: Article

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