Photochemical grid model implementation and application of VOC, NOx, and O3 source apportionment

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-114

  Kwok, R H F ^a   Baker, K R ^a   Napelenok, S L ^a   Tonnesen, G S ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INFLOW; NONLINEARITY; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84922134059     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-99-2015     Document Type: Article

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