On the capabilities and limitations of GCCM simulations of summertime regional air quality: A diagnostic analysis of ozone and temperature simulations in the US using CESM CAM-Chem

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 134-148

  Brown Steiner, B ^a   Hess, P G ^a   Lin, M Y ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; Climate change penalty; Climate chemistry model; Extreme value theory; Mixed model statistics; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); ISOPRENE; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CHEMISTRY MODELING; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; MIXED MODELING; SURFACE OZONE; TEMPERATURE SIMULATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; ISOPRENE; METHANOL; OZONE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; ISOPRENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922947204     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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