An observational and modeling strategy to investigate the impact of remote sources on local air quality: A Houston, Texas, case study from the Second Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS II)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  McMillan, W W ^a   Pierce, R B ^b   Sparling, L C ^a   Osterman, G ^c   McCann, K ^a   Fischer, M L ^d   Rappengluck B ^e   Newsom, R ^f   Turner, D ^g   Kittaka, C ^h   Evans, K ^a   Biraud, S ^d   Lefer, B ^e   Andrews, A ⁱ   Oltmans, S ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Houston   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON MONOXIDE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; SMOKE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

A-TRAIN; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; CO MEASUREMENTS; COLD FRONT; DISTANT SOURCE; EAST TEXAS; GROUND BASED; GULF OF MEXICO; HOUSTON; HOUSTON , TEXAS; IN-SITU; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MODEL SIMULATION; MODELING STRATEGY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; OKLAHOMA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMOKE AEROSOLS; SMOKE PLUME; TRAJECTORY MODELS; TRAJECTORY SIMULATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MODIS; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TROPOSPHERE;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75949129330     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011973     Document Type: Article

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