A model study on changes of European and Swiss particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen deposition between 1990 and 2020 due to the revised Gothenburg protocol

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13081-13095

  Aksoyoglu, S ^a   Keller, J ^a   Ciarelli, G ^a   Prevot A S H ^a   Baltensperger, U ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84916910877     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-13081-2014     Document Type: Article

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