Uncertainty in Lagrangian pollutant transport simulations due to meteorological uncertainty from a mesoscale WRF ensemble

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2817-2829

  Angevine, W M ^a,b   Brioude, J ^a,b,c   Mckeen, S ^a,b   Holloway, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RESEARCH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84914668278     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-2817-2014     Document Type: Article

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