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Impact of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Aerosol Optical Depth and AirNow PM 2.5 assimilation on Community Multi‐scale Air Quality aerosol predictions over the contiguous United States
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2017
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(10), 5399-5415
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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Description:Inthisstudy,ModerateResolutionImagingSpectroradiometer(MODIS)AerosolOpticalDepth (AOD)andAirNowPM2.5measurementsareassimilatedintotheCommunityMulti-scaleAirQuality(CMAQ) modelusinganoptimalinterpolation(OI)method.Overa30daytestperiodinJuly2011,threeassimilationconfigurationswereusedinwhichMODISAODandAirNowPM 2.5measurementswerefirstassimilated separatelybeforebeingassimilatedsimultaneously.Thebackgrounderrorcovarianceisestimatedusing boththeNationalMeteorologicalCenterapproachandtheHollingsworth-Lönnbergmethod.TheAOD observationsfromTerraareassimilated at17ZandtheAquaAOD observationsareassimilatedat20Z
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(10), 5399-5415
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ISSN:2169-897X;2169-8996;
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