Implementation of a windblown dust parameterization into MODELS-3/CMAQ: Application to episodic PM events in the US/Mexico border

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6039-6046

  Choi, Yu Jin ^a   Fernando, H J S ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CMAQ MM5 SMOKE; PM10; Semiarid arid area; Windblown dust flux

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; DUST; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWDER METALLURGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTS; LAND COVER (LC); PARTICULATE MATTER (PM); PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) 10; RADIATION BUDGET; SEMI ARID AREAS; WIND BLOWN DUST;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEMIARID REGION; VISIBILITY; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DUST; MEXICO; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47549111119     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.03.038     Document Type: Article

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