Understanding of regional air pollution over China using CMAQ, part I performance evaluation and seasonal variation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2415-2426

  Liu, Xiao Huan ^a,b   Zhang, Yang ^b   Cheng, Shu Hui ^a,b   Xing, Jia ^c   Zhang, Qiang ^d   Streets, David G ^d   Jang, Carey ^e   Wang, Wen Xing ^a   Hao, Ji Ming ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; CMAQ; Model evaluation; Seasonality; Sensitivity to horizontal grid resolution

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION INDEX; COASTAL AREA; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; EASTERN CHINA; FINER STRUCTURE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRID RESOLUTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HORIZONTAL GRID; MODEL EVALUATION; MODELING SYSTEMS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; OZONE RESIDUAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POLLUTED AREA; PROCESS ANALYSIS TOOL; REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; SURFACE OBSERVATION; WESTERN CHINA;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION; SECURITY OF DATA; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA;

EID: 77953463382     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.035     Document Type: Article

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