Effect of land cover on atmospheric processes and air quality over the continental United States-a NASA Unified WRF (NU-WRF) model study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6207-6226

  Tao, Z ^a,b   Santanello, J A ^b   Chin, M ^b   Zhou, S ^b,c   Tan, Q ^a,b   Kemp, E M ^b,d   Peters Lidard, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Northrop Grumman Information Systems   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LAND COVER; LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE CONTENT; OZONE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879905890     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-6207-2013     Document Type: Article

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