Spatial inhomogeneity in pollutant concentrations, and their implications for air quality model evaluation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4291-4301

  McNair, Laurie A ^a   Harley, Robert A ^b   Russell, Armistead G ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UC Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; CIT model; SCAQS

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; CIT; SCAQS; SPATIAL HOMOGENEITY;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

CARNEGIE/CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CIT) MODEL; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AIR QUALITY STUDY (SCAQS) DATABASE;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0030303648     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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