A performance evaluation of the National Air Quality Forecast Capability for the summer of 2007

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2312-2320

  Eder, Brian ^a   Kang, Daiwen ^b   Mathur, Rohit ^a   Pleim, Jon ^a   Yu, Shaocai ^b   Otte, Tanya ^a   Pouliot, George ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality forecast model; Evaluation; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY FORECAST MODEL; COASTAL REGIONS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; EVALUATION; GULF COASTS; MEAN ERRORS; NATIONAL AIR QUALITY FORECAST CAPABILITIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORECASTING; OZONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COASTAL WATERS; FORECASTING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149131264     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.033     Document Type: Article

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