Sensitivity modeling study for an ozone occurrence during the 1996 Paso del Norte Ozone Campaign

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 181-203

  Lu, Duanjun ^a   Reddy, Remata S ^a   Fitzgerald, Rosa ^b   Stockwell, William R ^c   Williams, Quinton L ^a   Tchounwou, Paul B ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; CMAQ; High ozone event; Sensitivity study; SMOKE; WRF

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; ETHYLENE; FORMALDEHYDE; ISOPRENE; OZONE; PARAFFIN; TERPENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADVECTION; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CHEMISTRY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOLYSIS; PLUME; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROCESS MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY MODEL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57349089135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5040181     Document Type: Article

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