Developing a spatially and temporally resolved emission inventory for photochemical modeling in the City of Cape Town and assessing its uncertainty

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 7155-7164

  Sowden, Miles ^a   Cairncross, Eugene ^b   Wilson, Gary ^c   Zunckel, Mark ^a   Kirillova, Elena ^d   Reddy, Vis ^e   Hietkamp, Sibbele ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e SRK CONSULTING   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air quality management; CAMx; DAPPS; EPS; FRAULEIN; Photochemical modeling; South Africa; Uncertainty assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OZONE; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CAMX; DAPPS; EPS; FRAULEIN; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; SOUTH AFRICA; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POINT SOURCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 51349113680     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.048     Document Type: Article

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