Model evaluation of methods for estimating surface emissions and chemical lifetimes from satellite data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-77

  de Foy, Benjamin ^a   Wilkins, Joseph L ^a   Lu, Zifeng ^b   Streets, David G ^b   Duncan, Bryan N ^c  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality model; Chemical lifetime; Emission inventory; Emissions estimation; Satellite retrieval

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SATELLITES;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMISSIONS ESTIMATION; LIFE-TIME ESTIMATES; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SINGLE POINT SOURCE; SURFACE EMISSIONS; MODEL EVALUATION; SATELLITE DATA;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PLUME; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MODEL TEST; POINT SOURCE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIFESPAN; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BOX MODEL; DENSITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPONENTIALLY MODIFIED GAUSSIAN FIT; GEOGRAPHY; INVERSE RADIUS FIT; PLUME DISPERSION; REMOTE SENSING; TWO DIMENSIONAL GAUSSIAN FIT; UNCERTAINTY; WIND;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906660624     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.051     Document Type: Article

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