Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4239-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4239-2022
Development and technical paper
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01 Jun 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 01 Jun 2022

Assessing the roles emission sources and atmospheric processes play in simulating δ15N of atmospheric NOx and NO3 using CMAQ (version 5.2.1) and SMOKE (version 4.6)

Huan Fang and Greg Michalski

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A new emission input dataset that incorporates nitrogen isotopes has been used in the CMAQ (Community Multiscale Air Quality) modeling system simulation to qualitatively analyze the changes in δ15N values, due to the dispersion, mixing, and transport of the atmospheric NOx emitted from different sources. The dispersion, mixing, and transport of the atmospheric NOx were based on the meteorology files generated from the WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model.
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