A comparison of CMAQ-based and observation-based statistical models relating ozone to meteorological parameters

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3481-3487

  Davis, Jerry ^a   Cox, William ^a   Reff, Adam ^a   Dolwick, Pat ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMAQ; Ozone; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY FORECASTS; AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; CMAQ; CO-LOCATED; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; GROUND-LEVEL; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REGRESSION MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STATISTICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; OZONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY MODEL; FORECASTING; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955997516     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.060     Document Type: Article

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