Measurements of VOCs in Mexico City (1992-2001) and evaluation of VOCs and CO in the emissions inventory

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2523-2533

  Arriaga Colina, J L ^a   West, J Jason ^b,c   Sosa, G ^a   Escalona, S S ^a   Ordunez R M ^a   Cervantes, A D M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO NOx ratio; Mexico City; VOC NOx ratio; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONDITION MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FLAME IONIZATION DETECTION; METROPOLITON ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING AUTOMATIC NETWORK; MEXICO CITY;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEXICO; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842864137     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.01.033     Document Type: Article

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