Model sensitivity evaluation for organic carbon using two multi-pollutant air quality models that simulate regional haze in the southeastern United States

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 4960-4972

  Morris, Ralph E ^a   Koo, Bonyoung ^a   Guenther, Alex ^b   Yarwood, Greg ^a   McNally, Dennis ^c   Tesche, T W ^c   Tonnesen, Gail ^d   Boylan, James ^e   Brewer, Patricia ^f  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Alpine Geophysics LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^f VELS INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

CAMx; CMAQ; Fine particulate; Organic carbon; Secondary organic aerosol; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLLUTION; POLYMERIZATION;

CAMX; CMAQ; FINE PARTICULATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ISOPRENE; ORGANIC CARBON; SESQUITERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HAZE; MODEL VALIDATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HAZE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746028136     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.09.088     Document Type: Article

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