Characterizing summertime chemical boundary conditions for airmasses entering the US West Coast

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1769-1790

  Pfister, G G ^a   Parrish, D D ^b   Worden, H ^a   Emmons, L K ^a   Edwards, D P ^a   Wiedinmyer, C ^a   Diskin, G S ^c   Huey, G ^d   Oltmans, S J ^b   Thouret, V ^e,f   Weinheimer, A ^a   Wisthaler, A ^g  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952086463     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-1769-2011     Document Type: Article

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