Performance of European chemistry transport models as function of horizontal resolution

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-105

  Schaap, M ^a   Cuvelier, C ^b   Hendriks, C ^a   Bessagnet, B ^c   Baldasano, J M ^d   Colette, A ^c   Thunis, P ^b   Karam, D ^b   Fagerli, H ^e   Graff, A ^f   Kranenburg, R ^a   Nyiri, A ^e   Pay, M T ^d   Rouil L ^c   Schulz, M ^e   Simpson, D ^e,g   Stern, R ^h   Terrenoire, E ^c   Wind, P ^e,i  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^d BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^e NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^g CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air quality; Model evaluation; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

BACKGROUND CONDITIONS; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; EUROPEAN MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROGRAMME; MODEL EVALUATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; TRANS-BOUNDARY AIR POLLUTIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE FORCING; DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGIONAL PATTERN; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84927739551     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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