Improvement of ozone forecast over Beijing based on ensemble Kalman filter with simultaneous adjustment of initial conditions and emissions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 12901-12916

  Tang, X ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Wang, Z F ^a   Gbaguidi, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; OZONE; SUBURBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84055212237     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12901-2011     Document Type: Article

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