Determining the sources of regional haze in the southeastern United States using the CMAQ model

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1731-1743

  Odman, M Talat ^a   Hu, Yongtao ^a   Unal, Alper ^a,b   Russell, Armistead G ^a   Boylan, James W ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MACTEC Federal Programs Inc   (United States)

^c Environmental Protection Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY; HAZE;

EMISSION CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION CONTROL; HAZE; MODELING; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049129057     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1430.1     Document Type: Article

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