A first annual assessment of air quality modeling over Lebanon using WRF/Polyphemus

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 643-654

  Abdallah, C ^a,b   Afif, C ^b   El Masri, N ^c   Ozturk F ^d   Keles M ^d   Sartelet, K ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^d ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air quality; Meteorological modeling; Middle East; Organic Carbon; Polyphemus; WRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040649187     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2018.01.003     Document Type: Review

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