Modeling secondary organic aerosol in CMAQ using multigenerational oxidation of semi-volatile organic compounds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Baek, Jaemeen ^a,b   Hu, Yongtao ^a   Odman, M Talat ^a   Russell, Armistead G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; BIOGENIC PRECURSORS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORECASTING SYSTEM; FOURTH GENERATION; FRACTIONAL ERRORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW BIAS; MONOTERPENES; ORGANIC AEROSOL; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; MONOTERPENE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755168277     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015911     Document Type: Article

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