The effect of SRTM and Corine Land Cover data on calculated gas and PM10 concentrations in WRF-Chem

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-193

  De Meij, A ^a   Bossioli, E ^b   Penard, C ^a   Vinuesa, J F ^a   Price, I ^a  

^a NOVELTIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corine land cover; SRTM; USGS land cover; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDFORMS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACKING RADAR;

BOUNDARY LAYER DEVELOPMENT; CORINE LAND COVER; LAND COVER; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SRTM; WRF-CHEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BLACK CARBON; MESYLIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND COVER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SIMULATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN REGION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COAL MINING; GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASTURE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; WIND;

ALPS; ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 84912061766     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.033     Document Type: Article

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