Dynamic evaluation of a regional air quality model: Assessing the emissions-induced weekly ozone cycle

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 3583-3596

  Pierce, Thomas ^a   Hogrefe, Christian ^b,d   Trivikrama Rao, S ^a   Porter, P Steven ^c   Ku, Jia Yeong ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; CMAQ model; Dynamic model evaluation; Ozone; Weekend ozone effect

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; CMAQ MODELS; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODEL EVALUATION; OZONE EFFECTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY MODELING;

OZONE LAYER;

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION POLICY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DIESEL ENGINE; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955272619     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.046     Document Type: Article

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