Use of a process analysis tool for diagnostic study on fine particulate matter predictions in the U.S. - Part I: Model evaluation

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-60

  Liu, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Yang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1999 SOS; Fine particulate matter; MM5 CMAQ; Model evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882770750     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2011.007     Document Type: Article

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