Testing model accuracy measures according to the EU directives-examples using the chemical transport model REM-CALGRID

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 39, 2007, Pages 9206-9216

  Flemming, J ^a   Stern, R ^b  

^a European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU directives for air quality; Model evaluation; Model quality objectives; Representativeness of observations

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY MEASURES; ANNUAL AVERAGE; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; EU DIRECTIVES; EU DIRECTIVES FOR AIR QUALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; GERMANY; LIMIT VALUES; MAXIMUM RELATIVE ERRORS; MODEL ACCURACY; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL QUALITIES; MODEL QUALITY OBJECTIVES; OBSERVATION DATA; REPRESENTATIVENESS OF OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL AVERAGING; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERM VALUE; TESTING MODELS;

AIR QUALITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR QUALITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; HETEROGENEITY; MODEL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36849024028     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.07.050     Document Type: Article

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