Fine scale modeling of agricultural air quality over the southeastern united states using two air quality models. Part I. Application and evaluation

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1231-1252

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Olsen, Kristen M ^b   Wang, Kai ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Quality ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural emissions; Air quality; CAMx; CMAQ; Fine scale modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS; CAMX; CMAQ; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; COMPREHENSIVE AIR QUALITY MODEL WITH EXTENSIONS; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; FINE-SCALE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; DEPOSITION; MIXING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880605600     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.12.0346     Document Type: Article

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