Improving ozone modeling in regions of complex terrain using observational nudging in a prognostic meteorological model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 4889-4906

  Barna, Mike ^a   Lamb, Brian ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CALGRID; CALMET; Cascadia; Complex terrain; MM5; Observational nudging; Ozone modeling

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; PROGNOSTIC METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CALMET; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MM5;

OZONE LAYER;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPLEX TERRAIN; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; WIND FIELD;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85047700327     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00231-4     Document Type: Article

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