Achieving accurate simulations of urban impacts on ozone at high resolution

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Li, J ^a   Georgescu, M ^a   Hyde, P ^b   Mahalov, A ^a   Moustaoui, M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

air quality; arid city; modeling; ozone change; urban heat island; urbanization; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; MODELS;

ARID CITY; OZONE CHANGES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBANIZATION; WRF-CHEM;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; OZONE; RESOLUTION; SEMIARID REGION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928954374     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114019     Document Type: Article

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