Numerical simulation for a wind dust event in the US/Mexico border region

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 317-331

  Lu, Duanjun ^a   Fitzgerald, Rosa ^b   Stockwell, William R ^c   Reddy, Remata S ^a   White, Loren ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality model; CMAQ; PM10 and PM2.5; Wind dust emission

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; SIMULATION; WIND; WIND EROSION; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84878168876     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-012-0174-7     Document Type: Article

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