Ozone formation potentials of volatile organic compounds and ozone sensitivity to their emission in the megacity of São Paulo, Brazil

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 201-213

  Martins, Leila Droprinchinski ^a   Andrade, Maria De Fátima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Modeling; Ozone precursor; Reactivity; Sensitivity; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; GASES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CORRELATION CO-EFFICIENT; EULERIAN PHOTOCHEMICAL MODEL; MEGA CITIES; METROPOLITAN AREAS; MODELING; OZONE FORMATION; OZONE PRECURSOR; OZONE SENSITIVITY; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; REACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY; TROPOSPHERIC OZONES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION;

ETHYLENE; FORMALDEHYDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEGACITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; OZONATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 52549095609     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9740-x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. M. F. Andrade R. Y. Ynoue R. Harley A. H. Miguel 2004 Air quality model simulating photochemical formation of pollutants: the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil International Journal Environmental Pollution 22 460 475
2. x Atmospheric Environment 34 2063 2101
3. W. P. L. Carter 1994 Development of Ozone Reactivity Scales for Volatile Organic Compounds Journal Air & Waste Management Association 44 881 899
4. Carter, W. P. L. (2000). Documentation of the saprc-99 chemical mechanism for VOC reactivity assessment volume 1 of 2 documentation text. Final Report to California Air Resources Board. Air Pollution Research Center and College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology University of California, Riverside (Contract 92-329 and Contract 95-308 9252100-AP-RT17-001- FR). http://helium.ucr.edu/∼carter/reactdat.htm.
5. Carter, W. P. L. (2003). VOC reactivity data as of 2 May 2003. ftp://cert.ucr.edu/pub/carter/SAPRC99/r02tab.xls. Accessed June 2006.
6. CETESB (2001). Relatório de qualidade do ar do Estado de São Paulo 2000 [in Portuguese]. São Paulo: Série Relatórios/ CETESB, 120 pp (ISSN 0103-4103).
7. CETESB (2006). Relatório de qualidade do ar no Estado de São Paulo 2005 [in Portuguese]. São Paulo: Série Relatórios/ Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente, 140 pp (ISSN 0103-4103).
8. D. S. Cohan A. Hakami Y. Hu A. G. Russel 2005 Nonlinear response of ozone to emissions: Source apportionment and sensitivity analysis Environmental Science and Technology 39 6739 6748
9. Chuí, G. k., Anderson, R. D., Baker, R. E., & Pinto, F. B. (1975). Brazilian vehicle calibration for ethanol fuels. Paper presented at the Third International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels Technology.
10. T. Elbir 2003 Comparison of model predictions with the data of an urban air quality monitoring network in Izmir, Turkey Atmospheric Environment 37 2149 2157
11. E. D. Freitas C. Rozoff W. R. Cotton P. L. Silva Dias 2007 Interactions of urban heat island and sea breeze circulations during winter over the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo-Brazil Boundary-Layer Meteorology 122 43 65
12. V. Gabusi M. Volta 2005 Seasonal modelling assessment of ozone sensitivity to precursors in northern Italy Atmospheric Environment 39 2795 2804
13. W. R. Goodin G. J. McRae J. H. Seinfeld 1979 A comparison of interpolation methods for sparse data: Application to wind and concentration fields Journal of Applied Meteorological 18 761 771
14. A. Hakami R. A. Harley J. B. Milford M. T. Odman A. G. Russel 2004 Regional, three-dimensional assessment of the ozone formation potential of organic compounds Atmospheric Environment 38 121 134
15. R. A. Harley A. G. Russell G. J. McRae G. R. Cass J. H. Seinfeld 1993 Photochemical modeling of the Southern California Air Quality Study Environmental Science and Technology 27 378 388
16. R. A. Harley S. C. Couter-Burke T. S. Yeung 2000 Relating liquid fuel and headscape vapor composition for California reformulated gasoline samples containing ethanol Environmental Science and Technology 34 4088 4094
17. Landmann, M. C. (2004). [in Portuguese]. Estimativa das Emissões de Poluentes de Automóveis na RMSP Considerando as Rotas de Tráfego. II Encontro da ANPPAS, São Paulo, Brasil. http://www.anppas.org.br/ encontro/segundo/Papers/papers.html. Accessed June 22, 2005.
18. L. C. Martins R. Latorre Mdo P. H. Saldiva A. L. Braga 2002 Air pollution and emergency room visits due to chronic lower respiratory diseases in the elderly: an ecological time-series study in São Paulo, Brazil Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 44 622 627
19. L. D. Martins M. F. Andrade E. D. Freitas A. Pretto L. V. Gatti E. L. Albuquerque 2006 Emission factors for gas-powered vehicles traveling through road tunnels in São Paulo City, Brazil Environmental Science and Technology 40 6722 6729
20. G. J. McRae W. R. Goodin J. H. Seinfeld 1982 Development of second-generation mathematical model for urban air pollution-I model formulation Atmospheric Environment 16 679 696
21. McRae, G. J., Russell, A. G., & Harley, R. A. (1992). CIT photochemical airshed model- Systems Manual, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
22. M. J. Molina L. T. Molina 2004 Megacities and atmospheric pollution Journal Air & Waste Management Association 54 644 680
23. Murgel, E. M. (1990). Veículos Automotores: o proálcool e a qualidade do ar. Confederação Nacional da Indústria, Rio de Janeiro.
24. Peterson, J. T. (1976). Calculated actinic fluxes (290-700 nm) for air pollution photochemistry applications p. 63. Research Triangle Park: US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-600/4-76-025.
25. B. K. Pun C. Seigneur W. White 2003 Day-of-week behavior of atmospheric ozone in three U.S. Cities Journal Air & Waste Management Association 53 789 801
26. A. G. Russell K. F. McCue G. R. Cass 1988 Mathematical modeling of the formation of nitrogen-containing air pollutants. 1. Evaluation of an Eulerian photochemical model Environmental Science and Technology 22 3 263 271
27. Y. Sadanaga J. Matsumoto Y. Kajii 2003 Photochemical reactions in the urban air: Recent understandings of radical chemistry Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 4 85 104
28. O. R. Sánchez-Ccoyllo R. Y. Rita Yuri Ynoue L. D. Martins M. F. Andrade 2006 Impacts of ozone precursor limitation and meteorological variables on ozone concentration in São Paulo, Brazil Atmospheric Environment 40 552 562
29. 10 transport in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil through synoptic-scale analysis of back trajectories Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 92 83 93
30. x and hydrocarbons in urban and polluted rural environments Atmospheric Environment 33 1821 1845
31. M. A. F. Silva Dias A. J. Machado 1997 The role of local circulations in summertime convective development and nocturnal fog in São Paulo, Brazil Boundary Layer Meteorology 82 135 157
32. M. A. F. Silva Dias P. F. Vidale C. M. R. Blanco 1995 Case study and numerical simulation of the summer regional circulation in São Paulo, Brazil Boundary Layer Meteorology 74 371 388
33. G. E. Taylor Jr. 2001 Risk assessment of tropospheric ozone: Human health, natural resources, and ecology Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 7 1183 1193
34. USEPA (2005). Guidance on the use of models and other analyses in attainment demonstrations for the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. Draft final. Research Triangle Park: Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
35. x and on a photochemical model Atmospheric Environment 40 1189 1198