Improving ozone forecasts over Europe by synergistic use of the LOTOS-EUROS chemical transport model and in-situ measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 217-226

  Curier, R L ^a   Timmermans, R ^a   Calabretta Jongen, S ^d   Eskes, H ^b   Segers, A ^a   Swart, D ^c   Schaap, M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air quality forecasting; Chemical transport model; Data assimilation; Ensemble Kalman Filter; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; FORECASTING PURPOSE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE FORECAST; REANALYSIS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; KALMAN FILTERS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OZONE;

FORECASTING;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KALMAN FILTER; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EUROPE; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SPRING; SUMMER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84864029674     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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