Twelve-month, 12 km resolution North American WRF-Chem v3.4 air quality simulation: Performance evaluation

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 957-973

  Tessum, C W ^a   Hill, J D ^b   Marshall, J D ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927517409     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-957-2015     Document Type: Article

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