Bias adjustment techniques for improving ozone air quality forecasts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Kang, Daiwen ^a   Mathur, Rohit ^b   Rao, S Trivikrama ^b   Yu, Shaocai ^a  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FORECASTING METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; OZONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59749101439     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010151     Document Type: Article

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