Dynamic evaluation of CMAQ part II: Evaluation of relative response factor metrics for ozone attainment demonstrations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-195

  Foley, Kristen M ^a   Dolwick, Patrick ^a   Hogrefe, Christian ^a   Simon, Heather ^a   Timin, Brian ^a   Possiel, Norm ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMAQ version 5.0.1; Dynamic evaluation; NOx SIP call; Ozone NAAQS; Relative response factor

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUCTION;

CMAQ VERSION 5.0.1; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; DYNAMIC EVALUATION; EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGY; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; RELATIVE RESPONSE FACTORS; STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CALLS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METEOROLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919792948     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.039     Document Type: Article

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