Regional air quality: Local and interstate impacts of NOx and SO2 emissions on ozone and fine particulate matter in the eastern United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4677-4689

  Bergin, Michelle S ^a   Shih, Jhih Shyang ^b   Krupnick, Alan J ^b   Boylan, James W ^c   Wilkinson, James G ^a   Odman, M Talat ^a   Russell, Armistead G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^c Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EULERIAN PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL; INTERSTATE EMISSIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NITRATE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EMISSION INVENTORY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNITED STATES;

DELAWARE; GEORGIA; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; KENTUCKY; MARYLAND; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 34447268897     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062302s     Document Type: Article

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