The role of boundary layer schemes in meteorological and air quality simulations of the Taiwan area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 714-727

  Cheng, Fang Yi ^a   Chin, Shan Chieh ^a   Liu, Tsun Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Land sea breeze; Long range transport; Mellor Yamada Janjic (MYJ) PBL scheme; Yonsei University (YSU) PBL scheme

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELING; LAND-SEA BREEZE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MELLOR-YAMADA-JANJIC (MYJ) PBL SCHEME; YONSEI UNIVERSITY;

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MODELS; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COAST; LONG RANGE FORECAST; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; MIXING; MOTORWAY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEA BREEZE; URBAN REGION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84861580702     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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