An enhanced ozone forecasting model using air mass trajectory analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 28, 1999, Pages 4663-4674

  Cobourn, W Geoffrey ^a   Hubbard, Milton C ^b  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b Automated Analysis Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality; Ground level ozone; Nonlinear regression

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; ENHANCED OZONE FORECASTING MODEL; GROUND-LEVEL OZONE; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION;

OZONE;

AIR MASS; FORECASTING METHOD; OZONE; TRAJECTORY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FORECASTING; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WIND;

EID: 0032851008     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00240-X     Document Type: Article

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