The Australian Air Quality Forecasting System: Exploring first steps towards determining the limits of predictability for short-term ozone forecasting

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 363-384

  Cope, M E ^a   Hess, G D ^b   Lee, S ^a   Tory, K J ^b   Burgers, M ^b,c   Dewundege, P ^c   Johnson, M ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c VIC Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Limits of predictability; Model performance; Ozone forecasting; Photochemical smog

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOG; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SCATTERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIAN AIR QUALITY FORECASTING SYSTEM (AAQFS); MODEL PERFORMANCE; OZONE FORECASTING; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PREDICTABILITY LIMIT;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; FORECASTING METHOD; OZONE;

EID: 26844503222     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-2816-2     Document Type: Article

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