A comparative performance evaluation of the AURAMS and CMAQ air-quality modelling systems

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1059-1070

  Smyth, Steven C ^a   Jiang, Weimin ^a   Roth, Helmut ^a   Moran, Michael D ^b   Makar, Paul A ^b   Yang, Fuquan ^a   Bouchet, Véronique S ^b   Landry, Hugo ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air quality; AURAMS; CMAQ; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AURAMS; CMAQ; ELEMENTAL CARBONS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; FIRE EMISSIONS; GRID CELLS; MEAN ERRORS; MULTISCALE; ORGANIC AEROSOLS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; SALT AEROSOLS; SURFACE CONCENTRATIONS;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OZONE; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

FORECASTING;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE; METEOROLOGY; MODEL TEST; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58249132181     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.11.027     Document Type: Article

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