Ensemble dispersion forecasting - Part II: Application and evaluation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 28, 2004, Pages 4619-4632

  Galmarini, S ^a   Bianconi, R ^b   Addis, R ^c   Andronopoulos, S ^d   Astrup, P ^e   Bartzis, J C ^d   Bellasio, R ^b   Buckley, R ^c   Champion, H ^f   Chino, M ^l   D'Amours, R ^g   Davakis, E ^d   Eleveld, H ^h   Glaab, H ⁱ   Manning, A ^f   Mikkelsen, T ^e   Pechinger, U ^j   Polreich, E ^j   Prodanova, M ^k   Slaper, H ^h   Syrakov, D ^k   Terada, H ^l   Van Der Auwera, L ^m   more..

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Enviroware   (Italy)

^c SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g Rte Transcan QC   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^j Zentralanstalt F Meteorol G   (Austria)

^k NMHI   (Bulgaria)

^l JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^m ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

Ensemble dispersion modeling; European tracer experiment; Model evaluation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION;

ENSEMBLE DISPERSION; PROCESS EVOLUTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

EID: 3342879466     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.05.031     Document Type: Article

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