A comprehensive evaluation of seasonal simulations of ozone in the northeastern US during summers of 2001-2005

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-27

  Mao, H ^a   Chen, M ^b   Hegarty, J D ^a   Talbot, R W ^a   Koermer, J P ^c   Thompson, A M ^d   Avery, M A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING; COLD FRONT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949149893     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-9-2010     Document Type: Article

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