Performance assessment of retrospective meteorological inputs for use in air quality modeling during TexAQS 2006

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 86-96

  Ngan, Fong ^a   Byun, Daewon ^a   Kim, Hyuncheol ^a   Lee, Daegyun ^b   Rappenglück, Bernhard ^c   Pour Biazar, Arastoo ^d  

^a National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

CMAQ; Houston ozone; MM5; Nudging; Objective analysis; Sea breeze; TexAQS 2006

Indexed keywords

CMAQ; HOUSTON; MM5; NUDGING; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; SEA-BREEZE; TEXAQS 2006;

AIR QUALITY; CLOUDS; FLOW PATTERNS; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; CLOUD COVER; CORIOLIS FORCE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MEGACITY; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SEA BREEZE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIOLIS PHENOMENON; DATA ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; INDUSTRY AND INDUSTRIAL PHENOMENA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE; POLLUTANT; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEA; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 84860620981     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.01.035     Document Type: Article

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