Evaluation of NAQFC model performance in forecasting surface ozone during the 2011 DISCOVER-AQ campaign

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 483-501

  Garner, Gregory G ^a   Thompson, Anne M ^a   Lee, Pius ^b   Martins, Douglas K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; CMAQ; DISCOVER AQ; Model evaluation; NAQFC; Ozone

Indexed keywords

OZONE; PEROXIDE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FORECASTING; NITROGEN CYCLING; OZONE DEPLETION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948584990     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: 15730662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-013-9251-z     Document Type: Article

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