Development and application of a parallelized version of the advanced modeling system for transport, emissions, reactions and deposition of atmospheric matter (AMSTERDAM): 1. Model performance evaluation and impacts of plume-in-grid treatment

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 260-270

  Karamchandani, Prakash ^a,b   Vijayaraghavan, Krish ^a,b   Chen, Shu Yun ^a,b   Balmori Bronson, Rochelle ^a   Knipping, Eladio M ^c  

^a AER Inc   (United States)

^b ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EPRI   (United States)

Author keywords

APT; CMAQ; MADRID; Plume chemistry; Plume in grid; Subgrid scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868357066     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2010.033     Document Type: Article

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