Reductions in ozone concentrations due to controls on variability in industrial flare emissions in Houston, Texas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4198-4211

  Nam, Junsang ^a   Webster, Mort ^b   Kimura, Yosuke ^c   Jeffries, Harvey ^d   Vizuete, William ^d   Allen, David T ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Highly reactive volatile organic compounds (HRVOC); Ozone; Photochemical grid model; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; HYDROCARBONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; THERMAL PLUMES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLARE EMISSIONS; OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING;

OZONE;

HYDROCARBON; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

GALVESTON; HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43849110971     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.035     Document Type: Article

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