An examination of sensitivity of WRF/Chem predictions to physical parameterizations, horizontal grid spacing, and nesting options

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-334

  Misenis, Chris ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorological impact on air quality; Ozone; PM2.5; TexAQS 2000; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AIR QUALITY PREDICTION; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; FINE GRIDS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREAS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; OZONE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954177592     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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