Evaluation of two versions of the HIRLAM numerical weather prediction model during an air pollution episode in southern Finland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 15 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2775-2786

  Rantamäki, Minna ^a   Pohjola, Mia A ^a   Tisler, Priit ^a,b   Bremer, Pia ^a   Kukkonen, Jaakko ^a   Karppinen, Ari ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air quality; Ground based inversion; HIRLAM; Numerical weather prediction; Winter

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIOSONDES; WIND;

FINLAND; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND SPEED;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINLAND; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SIMULATION; WEATHER; WIND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 20344394443     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.12.050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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