Top-down estimate of anthropogenic emission inventories and their interannual variability in Houston using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Brioude, J ^a,b   Kim, S W ^a,b   Angevine, W M ^a,b   Frost, G J ^a,b   Lee, S H ^c   McKeen, S A ^a,b   Trainer, M ^a   Fehsenfeld, F C ^a,b   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Ryerson, T B ^a   Williams, E J ^a,b   Petron, G ^a,b   Fast, J D ^d  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; SHIPS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; CO EMISSIONS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HOUSTON; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INVERSE MODELING; MESOSCALE; NATIONAL EMISSION INVENTORIES; NEARSHORES; SHIP CHANNELS; SHIP EMISSIONS; TOPDOWN; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; URBAN AREAS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80155130179     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016215     Document Type: Article

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