Spatial variability of summertime tropospheric ozone over the continental United States: Implications of an evaluation of the CMAQ model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3041-3056

  Tong, Daniel Q ^a   Mauzerall, Denise L ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality model; CMAQ; Model evaluation; Ozone; Ozonesonde; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OZONE; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY MODEL; COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY; MODEL EVALUATION; OZONESONDE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SIMULATION; STATISTICS; STRATOSPHERE; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; TIME; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646115430     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.058     Document Type: Article

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