Utilization of satellite observation of ozone and aerosols in providing initial and boundary condition for regional air quality studies

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Pour Biazar, Arastoo ^a   Khan, Maudood ^b   Wang, Lihua ^b   Park, Yun Hee ^a   Newchurch, Mike ^b   McNider, Richard T ^a   Liu, Xiong ^c   Byun, Daewon W ^d   Cameron, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ERRORS; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NASA; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PRODUCT; AIR QUALITY MODELING; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; FREE TROPOSPHERE; IMPROVED MODELS; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MODEL ERRORS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; OZONE SONDES; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; RECIRCULATIONS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY MODELING; REMOVAL PROCESS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE EMISSIONS; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AQUA (SATELLITE); ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AURA (SATELLITE); BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; EOS; MODIS; OZONE; OZONESONDE; SATELLITE DATA; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 80053631189     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015200     Document Type: Article

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