Export of reactive nitrogen from coal-fired power plants in the U.S.: Estimates from a plume-in-grid modeling study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Vijayaraghavan, Krish ^a   Zhang, Yang ^b   Seigneur, Christian ^a   Karamchandani, Prakash ^a   Snell, Hilary E ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COAL INDUSTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MINING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY MODELS; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELS; EULERIAN; EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; GRID-BASED; INORGANIC NITRATE; MODELING APPROACH; NORTH ATLANTIC; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PLUME TRANSPORT; PLUME-IN-GRID; POINT SOURCES; POWER PLANT STACKS; REACTIVE NITROGEN; REACTIVE PLUMES;

SIMULATORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BENCHMARKING; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149185549     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jd010432     Document Type: Article

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