Performance evaluation of AERMOD and ADMS-Urban for total suspended particulate matter concentrations in Megacity Delhi

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 883-894

  Mohan, Manju ^a   Bhati, Shweta ^a   Sreenivas, Archana ^b   Marrapu, Pallavi ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Boundary layer height; Model evaluation; Particulate matter; Regulatory models

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT; MODEL EVALUATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGULATORY MODEL;

POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84857273308     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.05.0065     Document Type: Article

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