Use of meteorological models as input to regional and mesoscale air quality models - Limitations and strengths

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1455-1466

  Pielke, R A ^a   Uliasz, M ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Dispersion; Long range transport; Mesoscale modeling; Terrain induced

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

MESOSCALE MODELING;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; TURBULENCE;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS DIFFUSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKILL; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

EID: 0032052569     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00140-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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