A WRF/Chem sensitivity study using ensemble modelling for a high ozone episode in Slovenia and the Northern Adriatic area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 990-1004

  Žabkar, Rahela ^a,b   Koračin, Darko ^c   Rakovec, Jože ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Center of Excellence SPACE SI   (Slovenia)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Ensemble forecasting; Model uncertainty; NOx; Physical parameterizations; Planetary boundary layer; Tropospheric ozone; VOC; WRF Chem model

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; WRF/CHEM;

AIR QUALITY; DEFORESTATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CLIMATE MODELING; DRY DEPOSITION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE LAYER; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOVENIA; TITRIMETRY; WRF MODEL;

FORECASTS; OZONE; SIMULATION; VOC;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84880164680     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.065     Document Type: Article

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