An examination of the CMAQ simulations of the wet deposition of ammonium from a Bayesian perspective

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4562-4573

  Davis, Jerry M ^a   Swall, Jenise L ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia emissions; Ammonium wet deposition; Bayesian statistical methods; Community multi scale air quality (CMAQ) model; Model evaluation; National acid deposition program (NADP); Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIUM WET DEPOSITION; BAYESIAN STATISTICAL METHODS; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY (CMAQ) MODEL; SPATIAL CORRELATION;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WET DEPOSITION;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BAYES THEOREM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SUMMER; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

EID: 33745194555     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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