Probing into the impact of 3DVAR assimilation of surface PM10 observations over China using process analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6738-6749

  Jiang, Ziqiang ^a,b   Liu, Zhiquan ^b   Wang, Tijian ^a   Schwartz, Craig S ^b   Lin, Hui Chuan ^b   Jiang, Fei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol data assimilation; PM10; process analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; MIXING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL EMISSION RATES; AEROSOL VERTICAL PROFILES; DATA ASSIMILATION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; PM10; PROCESS ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL INTERPOLATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL MIXING;

CHINA;

EID: 84880906472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50495     Document Type: Article

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