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TRACT: Transport of Air Pollutants over Complex Terrain

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Exchange and Transport of Air Pollutants over Complex Terrain and the Sea

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Understanding the mass balance of the many chemical constituents either emitted to the atmosphere from anthropogenic or biogenic sources or formed within the atmosphere belongs to the most challenging problems in atmospheric sciences. Depending of the size of the volume for which a system with open boundaries is defined, different processes come into play determining the local distribution and temporal variation of the concentrations within the system.

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  1. Inst. für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Universität Karlsruhe, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, D-76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Franz Fiedler

  2. P&PMB Consultants, Ehrwalder Straße 9, D-82467, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

    Peter Borrell

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  1. Department of Meteorology, Riso National Laboratory, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Søren E. Larsen

  2. Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Universität Karlsruhe/Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, D-76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Franz Fiedler

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    Peter Borrell

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Fiedler, F., Borrell, P. (2000). TRACT: Transport of Air Pollutants over Complex Terrain. In: Larsen, S.E., Fiedler, F., Borrell, P. (eds) Exchange and Transport of Air Pollutants over Complex Terrain and the Sea. Transport and Chemical Transformation of Pollutants in the Troposphere, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57252-4_25

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