Dynamic model evaluation for secondary inorganic aerosol and its precursors over Europe between 1990 and 2009

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1047-1070

  Banzhaf, S ^a   Schaap, M ^b   Kranenburg, R ^b   Manders, A M M ^b   Segers, A J ^b   Visschedijk, A J H ^b   Van Der Gon, H A C Denier ^b   Kuenen, J J P ^b   Van Meijgaard, E ^c   Van Ulft, L H ^c   Cofala, J ^d   Builtjes, P J H ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84927725139     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-1047-2015     Document Type: Review

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