Special issue on model evaluation: Evaluation of urban and regional Eulerian air quality models

摘要

This special issue of Atmospheric Environment presents research on the evaluation of urban and regional Eulerian air quality models. The set of papers published here is based on presentations given during the Third Annual Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) Users' Conference held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on October 18-20, 2004. Each fall the CMAS Center hosts an air quality model users' conference. The goal is to bring together members of the air quality community to present, discuss, and learn about recent advances in the field. More than 180 scientists participated in the third annual conference, including 25 scientists from South Korea, Spain, Germany, China, Australia, Taiwan, and Canada. To excite and educate the upcoming generation of air quality modeling professionals, CMAS encourages students to attend the conferences; 27 participated in 2004. There were seven topical sessions, with the largest one addressing model evaluation topics. Authors of papers in that session were invited to prepare journal manuscripts to be considered for publication in this special issue. These papers were then subjected to a rigorous peer review process.