Assessment of the MACC reanalysis and its influence as chemical boundary conditions for regional air quality modeling in AQMEII-2

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 371-388

  Giordano, L ^a   Brunner, D ^a   Flemming, J ^b   Hogrefe, C ^c   Im, U ^d,w   Bianconi, R ^e   Badia, A ^f   Balzarini, A ^g   Baro R ^h   Chemel, C ⁱ   Curci, G ^j   Forkel, R ^k   Jimenez Guerrero P ^h   Hirtl, M ^l   Hodzic, A ^m   Honzak, L ⁿ   Jorba, O ^f   Knote, C ^m   Kuenen, J J P ^o   Makar, P A ^p   Manders Groot, A ^o   Neal, L ^q   Perez J L ^r   Pirovano, G ^g   Pouliot, G ^c   San Jose R ^r   Savage, N ^q   Schroder W ^s   Sokhi, R S ⁱ   Syrakov, D ^t   Torian, A ^c   Tuccella, P ^j   Werhahn, J ^k   Wolke, R ^s   Yahya, K ^u   Zabkar R ^n,v   Zhang, Y ^u   Galmarini, S ^d   more..

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e Enviroware   (Italy)

^f BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^g RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO RSE S P A   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^k KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^l ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^m NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁿ Center of Excellence SPACE SI   (Slovenia)

^o TNO   (Netherlands)

^p ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^q MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^s LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^t NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^u NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^w AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

AQMEII 2; Model evaluation; Online coupled meteorology chemistry modeling

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AQMEII-2; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CHEMISTRY MODELING; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; MODEL EVALUATION; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY MODELING; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY MODELS; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY MODEL EVALUATION INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84938146004     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.02.034     Document Type: Article

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