Evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model v5.0 against size-resolved measurements of inorganic particle composition across sites in North America

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2877-2892

  Nolte, C G ^a   Appel, K W ^a   Kelly, J T ^a   Bhave, P V ^b   Fahey, K M ^a   Collett, J L ^c   Zhang, L ^d   Young, J O ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941772116     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-2877-2015     Document Type: Review

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