Comparison of the carbon bond and SAPRC photochemical mechanisms under conditions relevant to southeast Texas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5821-5836

  Faraji, Maedeh ^a   Kimura, Yosuke ^a   McDonald Buller, Elena ^a   Allen, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

Air quality models; Atmospheric chemistry; Ozone; Photochemical mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALDEHYDES; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; STANDARDS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; AROMATICS (CO); CARBON BONDS; ELSEVIER (CO); HYDROXYL RADICAL (OH); NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD (NAAQS); OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELLING; RADICAL GENERATION; REACTION MECHANISMS; TERMINATION REACTIONS; URBAN AREAS;

MECHANISMS;

ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; ALKENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY; URBAN AREA;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL REACTION; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749128922     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.07.048     Document Type: Article

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