Alternative small scale meteorology input to a chemical transport ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................v
LIST OF FIGURES.........................................................................................................vi
ABSTRACT..................................................................................................................viii
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................1
CHAPTER 2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION...........................................................5
2.1. Historical remarks...........................................................................................5
2.2. The “one atmosphere” perspective.................................................................5
2.3. The latest state-of-the-science chemical transport model CMAQ.................7
2.4. Use of a meteorological model with MODELS-3/CMAQ............................9
2.5. Compatibility of meteorological modeling with air quality modeling..........9
2.5.1. The mass conservation problem....................................................11
2.6. Current meteorological data input to CMAQ system in MODELS-3..........11
CHAPTER 3. APPROACH...........................................................................................13
3.1. Alternative meteorological data to CMAQ..................................................13
3.2. Advantages and disadvantages of the alternative
meteorological data......................................................................................16
3.3. Concepts ......................................................................................................18
3.4. Details ..........................................................................................................19
3.4.1. Episode..........................................................................................19
3.4.2. Pollutant.........................................................................................20
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