Impacts of transported background pollutants on summertime western US air quality: Model evaluation, sensitivity analysis and data assimilation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 359-391

  Huang, M ^a,e   Carmichael, G R ^a   Chai, T ^b   Pierce, R B ^c   Oltmans, S J ^b   Jaffe, D A ^d   Bowman, K W ^e   Kaduwela, A ^f   Cai, C ^f   Spak, S N ^a,g   Weinheimer, A J ^h   Huey, L G ⁱ   Diskin, G S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; IDAHO; NEVADA; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84872720515     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-359-2013     Document Type: Article

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