MM5 simulations for air quality modeling: An application to a coastal area with complex terrain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 447-457

  Lee, Sang Mi ^a   Princevac, Marko ^b   Mitsutomi, Satoru ^a   Cassmassi, Joe ^a  

^a SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

CAMx; Flow separation; Local thermal circulation; Mesoscale modeling; MM5; Sea breeze; Upslope flow

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SEPARATION; GROUNDWATER; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SEPARATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CAMX; LOCAL THERMAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE MODELING; MM5; SEA BREEZE; UPSLOPE FLOW;

LANDFORMS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; HEAT FLUX; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEA BREEZE; SOIL MOISTURE; URBANIZATION; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CLARITA VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57949110806     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.07.067     Document Type: Article

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