Comprehensive evaluation of multi-year real-time air quality forecasting using an online-coupled meteorology-chemistry model over southeastern United States

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 138, Issue , 2016, Pages 162-182

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Hong, Chaopeng ^a,b   Yahya, Khairunnisa ^a   Li, Qi ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^b   He, Kebin ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Categorical evaluation; Discrete evaluation; Multi year trend analysis; Satellite data; Southeastern U.S.; WRF Chem MADRID

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FIRES; FORECASTING; GAS EMISSIONS; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SULFUR DIOXIDE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CATEGORICAL EVALUATION; DISCRETE EVALUATION; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHEASTERN U.S; TREND ANALYSIS; WRF/CHEM-MADRID;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; LONGWAVE RADIATION; REAL TIME; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMISTRY; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORECASTING; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SEASON; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84968820392     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.05.006     Document Type: Article

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