Improving ozone modeling in complex terrain at a fine grid resolution: Part I - examination of analysis nudging and all PBL schemes associated with LSMs in meteorological model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-532

  Kim, Yunhee ^a   Fu, Joshua S ^a   Miller, Terry L ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

CMAQ; Land surface model; Model performance; Nudging analysis; Planetary boundary layer

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; OZONE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WIND;

CMAQ; LAND SURFACE MODELING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NUDGING ANALYSIS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND FIELD;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 73749086373     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.10.045     Document Type: Article

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