Annual application and evaluation of the online coupled WRF-CMAQ system over North America under AQMEII phase 2

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 683-694

  Hogrefe, Christian ^a   Pouliot, George ^a   Wong, David ^a   Torian, Alfreida ^a   Roselle, Shawn ^a   Pleim, Jonathan ^a   Mathur, Rohit ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

AQMEII; Direct feedbacks; Dynamic evaluation; WRF CMAQ coupled model

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FEEDBACK; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AQMEII; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; COUPLED MODELING; DYNAMIC EVALUATION; OPERATIONAL EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVALUATION STUDY; FALLING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NORTH AMERICA; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY MODEL; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84939773513     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.034     Document Type: Article

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