Seasonal versus episodic performance evaluation for an Eulerian photochemical air quality model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Jin, Ling ^a   Brown, Nancy J ^a   Harley, Robert A ^b   Bao, Jian Wen ^c   Michelson, Sara A ^c   Wilczak, James M ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; OZONE;

AIR BASINS; BAY AREAS; CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL CALIFORNIA OZONE STUDIES; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; CROSS-DOMAIN; EULERIAN; FINE GRIDS; GROSS ERRORS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTENSIVE OPERATING PERIODS; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; METEOROLOGICAL INPUT; METEOROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODELING SYSTEMS; ONSHORE FLOW; OZONE PREDICTION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL AIR QUALITY MODELS; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIORS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

OZONE LAYER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATABASE; EPISODIC EVENT; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863294941     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012680     Document Type: Article

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