Performance evaluation of NOAA-EPA developmental aerosol forecasts

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-120

  Gorline, Jerry Lee ^a   Lee, Pius ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality forecasting; AQF; CMAQ; EPA; NCEP; NOAA; NWS; Prediction; Verification

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; AQF; CMAQ; EPA; NCEP; NOAA; NWS; PREDICTION;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ERROR DETECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL TEST; NOAA SATELLITE; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 62549110974     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-008-9090-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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