Title: MODELS-3/CMAQ evaluation during high particulate episodes over Eastern North America in summer 1995 and winter 1998

Authors: Andrei Chtcherbakov, Robert Bloxam, Sunny Wong, P.K. Misra, Mariusz Pagowski, James Sloan, Sergei Soldatenko, Xuide Lin

Addresses: Ontario Ministry of Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, 125 Resources Road, Etobicoke, ON, M9P 3V6, Canada. ' Ontario Ministry of Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, 125 Resources Road, Etobicoke, ON, M9P 3V6, Canada. ' Ontario Ministry of Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, 125 Resources Road, Etobicoke, ON, M9P 3V6, Canada. ' Ontario Ministry of Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch, 125 Resources Road, Etobicoke, ON, M9P 3V6, Canada. ' Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, CSU/FSL-NOAA Bldg. 325 Broadway FSL/FS, Boulder, CO 80305-3328, USA. ' University of Waterloo, Department of Chemistry, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. ' University of Waterloo, Department of Chemistry, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. ' Kinectrics Inc. 800 Kipling Avenue, Toronto, ON, M8Z 6C4, Canada

Abstract: This study presents the results of an evaluation of the US EPA air quality modelling system MODELS 3/CMAQ/MM5 during episodes of high particulate matter over Eastern North America. Modelling results for PM_2.5, PM₁₀, secondary aerosols and precursor gases were compared with observed data derived from a number of monitoring networks operated in the USA and Canada during the episodes.

Keywords: particulate episodes; MM5 simulation; air quality; chemical model; CMAQ.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2003.004288

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2003 Vol.20 No.1/2/3/4/5/6, pp.242 - 255

Published online: 10 May 2004 *

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