A performance evaluation of the 2004 release of Models-3 CMAQ

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 4811-4824

  Eder, Brian ^a   Yu, Shaocai ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Community multiscale air quality (CMAQ) model; Nitrate; Organic and elemental carbon; Ozone; Performance evaluation; PM2.5; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; NITRATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY (CMAQ) MODEL; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; PARTICULATE SPECIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

AIR QUALITY;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE;

AMBIENT AIR; NETWORK DESIGN; OZONE; SIMULATION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746255215     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.08.045     Document Type: Article

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