Regional impacts of oil and gas development on ozone formation in the western United States

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1111-1118

  Rodriguez, Marco A ^a   Barna, Michael G ^b   Moore, Tom ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Western Governors' Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

COMPREHENSIVE AIR QUALITY MODEL WITH EXTENSIONS; DISPERSION MODELING; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; WESTERN REGIONAL AIR PARTNERSHIPS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

OIL; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS; HAZE; METEOROLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; OZONATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY; AIR POLLUTANT; MINING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

PECOS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; OZONE; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350705965     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.9.1111     Document Type: Article

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