A study of the ozone formation by ensemble back trajectory-process analysis using the Eta-CMAQ forecast model over the northeastern U.S. during the 2004 ICARTT period

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 355-363

  Yu, Shaocai ^a   Mathur, Rohit ^a   Kang, Daiwen ^a   Schere, Kenneth ^a   Tong, Daniel ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back trajectory; Eta CMAQ model; Ozone formation; Process analysis

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CLIMATOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TRAJECTORIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR MASSES; BACK TRAJECTORY; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; CHEMICAL PRODUCTIONS; DO-MAINS; DRY DEPOSITIONS; ETA-CMAQ MODEL; FORECAST MODELS; GRID CELLS; HORIZONTAL ADVECTIONS; INTEGRATED PROCESSES; LAGRANGIAN; LOW EMISSIONS; MOVING AIRS; OZONE FORMATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PROCESS ANALYSIS; REGIONAL TRANSPORTS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURFACE LAYERS; TRANSPORT PATHS; UPWIND SOURCE AREAS; URBAN CORRIDORS; URBAN REGIONS; VERTICAL ADVECTIONS; VERTICAL DIFFUSIONS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ADVECTION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OZONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN POLLUTION;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57949097206     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.079     Document Type: Article

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