Comparison of Lagrangian Process Analysis tools for Eulerian air quality models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 5200-5211

  Henderson, Barron H ^a   Kimura, Yosuke ^b   McDonald Buller, Elena ^b   Allen, David T ^b   Vizuete, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality model; Environmental chemistry; Industrial release; Ozone; Process analysis; Volatile organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL RELEASE; PROCESS ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC CARBONS;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EULERIAN ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAGRANGIAN PROCESS ANALYSIS TOOL; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960839402     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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