Impact of domain size on modeled ozone forecast for the Northeastern United States

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 443-461

  Lee, Pius ^a,c   Kang, Daiwen ^b   McQueen, Jeff ^c   Tsidulko, Marina ^a   Hart, Mary ^a   DiMego, Geoff ^c   Seaman, Nelson ^d   Davidson, Paula ^d  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; INFORMATION SERVICES; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY FORECASTS; DO-MAINS; DOMAIN SIZES; FORECAST SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGES; INTER DOMAINS; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE MODELS; MODEL DOMAINS; MODELING SYSTEMS; MULTISCALE; NORTHEASTERN REGIONS; OBSERVATION DATUMS; OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS; OZONE FORECASTS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISONS; REGION OF INTERESTS; SKILL SCORES; TWO DOMAINS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES; UNITED STATES;

FORECASTING;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; OZONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649165692     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1408.1     Document Type: Article

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