Ammonia emission controls as a cost-effective strategy for reducing atmospheric particulate matter in the Eastern United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 380-386

  Pinder, Robert W ^a   Adams, Peter J ^a   Pandis, Spyros N ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA EMISSION; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; EMISSION CONTROLS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMMONIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846216771     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060379a     Document Type: Article

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