Application of WRF/Chem-MADRID for real-time air quality forecasting over the Southeastern United States

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 34, 2011, Pages 6241-6250

  Chuang, Ming Tung ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Kang, Daiwen ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Computer Science Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical evaluation; Discrete evaluation; O3; Online coupled model; PM2.5; WRF Chem MADRID

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; AIR QUALITY FORECASTS; AIR QUALITY MODELS; BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CATEGORICAL EVALUATION; DISCRETE EVALUATION; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FORECASTING SKILL; LATERAL BOUNDARY; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; ONLINE-COUPLED MODEL; PERFORMANCE STATISTICS; PREVENTIVE ACTION; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND SPEED; WRF/CHEM-MADRID;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MICROCOMPUTERS; OZONE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AMMONIA; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATABASE; DISSOLUTION; IONIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; REAL TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; FORECASTING; IONIZATION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052642742     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.071     Document Type: Article

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