Determination of the optimum MM5 configuration for long term CMAQ simulations of aerosol bound pollutants in Europe

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-108

  Matthias, Volker ^a   Quante, Markus ^a   Aulinger, Armin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Benzo(a)pyrene; Chemistry transport model; Four dimensional data assimilation (FDDA); Mesoscale meteorological model

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; FOUR DIMENSIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION (FDDA); FOUR-DIMENSIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION; HINDCASTS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LONG TERM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; PENN STATE UNIVERSITY; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO TEMPORAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DATA PROCESSING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEPOSITION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; HUMIDITY; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 62549095316     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-008-9103-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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