Examining the sensitivity of MM5-CMAQ predictions to explicit microphysics schemes and horizontal grid resolutions, Part II-PM concentrations and wet deposition predictions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3856-3868

  Queen, Ashley ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMAQ; Explicit microphysics scheme; MM5; Model evaluation; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITION; METEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EXPLICIT MICROPHYSICS SCHEME; MODEL EVALUATION; WET DEPOSITION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODEL TEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL PLAIN; COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY; MESOSCALE MODEL 5; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 43049165303     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.066     Document Type: Article

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