One way coupling of CMAQ and a road source dispersion model for fine scale air pollution predictions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-58

  Beevers, Sean D ^a   Kitwiroon, Nutthida ^a   Williams, Martin L ^a   Carslaw, David C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; CMAQ; London; Model evaluation; Road source modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELS; CMAQ; COUNTING ERRORS; DISPERSION MODELS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LOCAL SCALE; LONDON; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL RESULTS; MODELLING TOOLS; MONITORING SITES; ONE-WAY COUPLINGS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; R VALUE; REGIONAL SCALE; ROAD TRANSPORTS; SPATIAL SCALE; UK ROADS; WIND SPEED; WRF MODEL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROADS AND STREETS;

FORECASTING;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WIND;

ENGLAND; KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863189537     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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