Chemical transport model consistency in simulating regulatory outcomes and the relationship to model performance

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-171

  Koo, Bonyoung ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^b   Knipping, Eladio ^b   Nopmongcol, Uarporn ^a   Sakulyanontvittaya, Tanarit ^a   Odman, Mehmet T ^c   Russell, Armistead G ^c   Yarwood, Greg ^a  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

CAMx; Chemical transport model; CMAQ; Model performance; Regulatory outcomes

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; QUALITY CONTROL;

CAMX; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; CMAQ; MODEL PERFORMANCE; REGULATORY OUTCOMES;

BENCHMARKING;

NITROGEN; OZONE; SULFUR;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH; TIMESCALE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936767794     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.036     Document Type: Article

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