An Operational Evaluation of Two Regional-Scale Ozone Air Quality Modeling Systems over the Eastern United States

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 945-964

  Sistla, Gopal ^a   Hao, Winston ^a   Ku, Jia Yeong ^a   Kallos, George ^b   Zhang, Kesu ^c   Mao, Huiting ^c   Rao, S Trivikrama ^c,d  

^a Division of Air Resources   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Office of Science and Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0000568897     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0945:AOEOTR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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