Model evaluation and ensemble modelling of surface-level ozone in Europe and North America in the context of AQMEII

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-74

  Solazzo, Efisio ^a   Bianconi, Roberto ^b   Vautard, Robert ^c   Appel, K Wyat ⁱ   Moran, Michael D ^m   Hogrefe, Christian ⁱ   Bessagnet, Bertrand ^f   Brandt, Jørgen ^o   Christensen, Jesper H ^o   Chemel, Charles ^k   Coll, Isabelle ⁿ   Denier van der Gon, Hugo ^s   Ferreira, Joana ^h   Forkel, Renate ^j   Francis, Xavier V ^k   Grell, George ^q   Grossi, Paola ^b   Hansen, Ayoe B ^o   Jeričević, Amela ^p   Kraljević, Lukša ^p   Miranda, Ana Isabel ^h   Nopmongcol, Uarporn ^d   Pirovano, Guido ^f,g   Prank, Marje ^r   Riccio, Angelo ^t   Sartelet, Karine N ^e   Schaap, Martijn ^s   Silver, Jeremy D ^o   Sokhi, Ranjeet S ^k   Vira, Julius ^r   Werhahn, Johannes ^j   Wolke, Ralf ^l   Yarwood, Greg ^d   Zhang, Junhua ^m   Rao, Trivikrama S ⁱ   Galmarini, Stefano ^a   more..

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Enviroware   (Italy)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e PARISTECH   (France)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^g RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO RSE S P A   (Italy)

^h University of Aveiro   (Portugal)

ⁱ U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^j KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^l LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^m ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^o AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^p METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^q NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^r FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^s TNO   (Netherlands)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

AQMEII; Clustering; Error minimization; Model evaluation; Multi model ensemble; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AQMEII; CLUSTERING; ERROR MINIMIZATION; MODEL EVALUATION; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE;

AIR QUALITY; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; OZONE;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; MIXING RATIO; MODEL TEST; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84860574958     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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