Top-down analysis of the elemental carbon emissions inventory in the United States by inverse modeling using Community Multiscale Air Quality model with decoupled direct method (CMAQ-DDM)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Hu, Yongtao ^a   Odman, M Talat ^a   Russell, Armistead G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

AETHALOMETER; ANNUAL AVERAGE; APRIORI; BLACK CARBON; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELS; DECOUPLED DIRECT METHODS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FRACTIONAL ERRORS; INVERSE METHODS; INVERSE MODELING; MODEL-BASED; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SCALING FACTORS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL OPTICAL REFLECTANCE; THERMAL-OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; TOPDOWN; TOTAL EMISSIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BLACK CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; REFLECTANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSMITTANCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949565537     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011987     Document Type: Article

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