Numerical simulation of local weather for a high photochemical oxidant event using the WRF model

JSME International Journal, Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-77

  Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Hayami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Local weather; Mesoscale meteorological model; Numerical simulation; Photochemical oxidant; WRF

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; WIND;

LOCAL WEATHER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANT;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; WIND;

EID: 33747656397     PISSN: 13408054     EISSN: 13475371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.49.72     Document Type: Article

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