Vegetation exposure to ozone over the continental United States: Assessment of exposure indices by the Eta-CMAQ air quality forecast model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 724-733

  Tong, Daniel Q ^a,b   Mathur, Rohit ^c   Kang, Daiwen ^a   Yu, Shaocai ^a   Schere, Kenneth L ^c   Pouliot, George ^c  

^a SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality forecast; Air quality standard; CMAQ; Crop; Exposure index; Ozone (O3); Regional air quality; Vegetation exposure

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY FORECAST; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; CMAQ; EXPOSURE INDEX; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY;

CROPS; FORECASTING; GASES; LIGHTING; OZONE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; VEGETATION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; OZONE; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58049145570     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.084     Document Type: Article

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