Simulation of Mexico City plumes
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Simulation of Mexico City plumes during the MIRAGE-Mex field campaign using the WRF-Chem model X. Tie, S. Madronich, G. Li, Z. Ying, A. Weinheimer, E. Apel, and T. Campos National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA Molina Center for Energy and the Environment, La Jolla, CA, USA Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M, USA York University, Canada Received: 19 March 2009 – Accepted: 23 March 2009 – Published: 8 April 2009 Correspondence to: X. Tie ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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