A procedure for inter-comparing the skill of regional-scale air quality model simulations of daily maximum 8-h ozone concentrations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5403-5412

  Irwin, John S ^a   Civerolo, Kevin ^b   Hogrefe, Christian ^c   Appel, Wyat ^d   Foley, Kristen ^d   Swall, Jenise ^d  

^a John S Irwin and Associates   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Model evaluation; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FORECASTING; GASES; OZONE; OZONE LAYER;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; BOOTSTRAP SAMPLING; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY (CMAQ); CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GRID CELLS; INTER COMPARISON; MODEL PREDICTIONS; OPERATIONAL MODELING; OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; OZONE MODELING; SUMMER SEASON; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; OZONE; PREDICTION; SUMMER;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45649084774     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.046     Document Type: Article

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