Sensitivity of urban ozone formation to chlorine emission estimates

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 32, 2002, Pages 4991-5003

  Chang, Sunghye ^a   McDonald Buller, Elena ^a   Kimura, Yosuke ^a   Yarwood, Greg ^b   Neece, James ^c   Russell, Matthew ^a   Tanaka, Paul ^a   Allen, David ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Texas Nat Rsrc Conserv Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Ozone; Photochemical modeling; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHLORINE; COOLING TOWERS; GAS EMISSIONS; OXIDATION; SWIMMING POOLS; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PRECURSORS;

OZONE;

1 CHLORO 3 METHYL 3 BUTEN 2 ONE; CHLORINE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; OZONE; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; CHLORINE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHLORINATION; COOLING TOWER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036774269     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00573-3     Document Type: Article

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