Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model aerosol component 1. Model description

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Binkowski, Francis S ^a   Roselle, Shawn J ^a  

^a Natl Oceanic/Atmosph Admin   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol species; Air quality modeling; Models 3 CMAQ; PM; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; MODELING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0142203073     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001409     Document Type: Article

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