Air flow target determination

Other features of the present invention are discussed and claimed in commonly assigned and co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/003,990, filed on Oct. 31, 2001 entitled "Air Mass Flow Rate Determination". A method for characterizing an air flow target within an internal combustion engine. The method includes determining an air mass flow rate target, determining an engine speed term, and processing these terms to obtain an air flow target. The air flow target can be used as an input for vehicle controllers including those for controlling pressurized induction systems.