A numerical daily air quality forecast system for the Pacific Northwest

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-560

  Vaughan, Joseph ^a   Lamb, Brian ^a   Frei, Chris ^a   Wilson, Rob ^b   Bowman, Clint ^c   Figueroa Kaminsky, Cristiana ^c   Otterson, Sally ^c   Boyer, Mike ^c   Mass, Cliff ^d   Albright, Mark ^d   Koenig, Jane ^d   Collingwood, Alice ^e   Gilroy, Mike ^e   Maykut, Naydene ^e  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Washington Department of Ecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Puget Sound Clean Air Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AIR QUALITY FORECAST SYSTEM; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 2342612955     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-4-549     Document Type: Article

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