Validation of the emission inventory in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area of Brazil, based on ambient concentrations ratios of CO, NMOG and NOx and on a photochemical model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1189-1198

  Vivanco, Marta G ^a   Andrade, Maria De Fátima ^b,c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Inst Oceanografico da Univ de S   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ozone; Ozone precursors; Photochemical modeling; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; STANDARDS;

NON-METHANE ORGANIC GAS (NMOG); OZONE PRECURSORS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE;

EMISSION INVENTORY; MODEL VALIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WIND;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 31044444135     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.10.041     Document Type: Article

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