WRF/Chem modeling of the impacts of urban expansion on regional climate and air pollutants in Yangtze River Delta, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 204-214

  Liao, Jingbiao ^a   Wang, Tijian ^a   Jiang, Ziqiang ^a   Zhuang, Bingliang ^a   Xie, Min ^a   Yin, Changqin ^a   Wang, Xuemei ^b   Zhu, Jialei ^a   Fu, Yu ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Climate; Urban expansion; WRF Chem; YRD

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; POLLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE; URBAN EXPANSION; WRF/CHEM; YRD;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; OZONE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT T TEST; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION; WEATHER; WIND;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84922370346     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.059     Document Type: Article

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