Climate-forced air-quality modeling at the urban scale: Sensitivity to model resolution, emissions and meteorology

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7703-7723

  Markakis, K ^a   Valari, M ^a   Perrussel, O ^b   Sanchez, O ^b   Honore, C ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b AIRPARIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84964991572     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7703-2015     Document Type: Article

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