Using prognostic model-generated meteorological output in the AERMOD dispersion model: An illustrative application in Philadelphia, PA

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 586-595

  Touma, Jawad S ^a,b   Isakov, Vlad ^a,b   Cimorelli, Alan J ^a   Brode, Roger W ^a   Anderson, Bret ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; DATA REDUCTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS); STEADY-STATE DISPERSION MODELS;

DISPERSIONS;

BENZENE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DISPERSION; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34249325887     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.5.586     Document Type: Article

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