An exploration of measures for comparing measurements with the results from meteorological models for Mexico City
Los Alamos National Laboratory and Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo have completed a joint study of options for improving air quality in Mexico City. We used a three-dimensional, prognostic, higher-order turbulence model for atmospheric circulation (HOTMAC) to treat domains that include an urbanized area. We tested the model against routine measurements and those of a major field program. During the field program, measurements included: (1) lidar measurements of aerosol transport and dispersion, (2) aircraft measurements of winds, turbulence, and chemical species aloft, (3) aircraft measurements of skin temperatures, and (4) Tethersonde measurements of winds and ozone. We made both graphical and statistical comparisons and we have reported some of the comparisons to provide insight into the meaning of statistical parameters including the index of agreement.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 374152
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-96-2986; CONF-9509389-1; ON: DE96014809; TRN: 96:005291
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Environmentrics and chemometrics, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 11-13 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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