A detailed evaluation of the Eta-CMAQ forecast model performance for O3, its related precursors, and meteorological parameters during the 2004 ICARTT study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Yu, Shaocai ^a,b,c   Mathur, Rohit ^a,b   Schere, Kenneth ^a,b   Kang, Daiwen ^a,b,c   Pleim, Jonathan ^a,b   Otte, Tanya L ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN POLLUTION;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547793684     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007715     Document Type: Article

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