Contributions of regional transport and local sources to ozone exceedances in Houston and Dallas: Comparison of results from a photochemical grid model to aircraft and surface measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kemball Cook, Susan ^a   Parrish, David ^b   Ryerson, Thomas ^b   Nopmongcol, Uarpom ^a   Johnson, Jeremiah ^a   Tai, Edward ^a   Yarwood, Greg ^a  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT EXHIBITIONS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AIRCRAFT FLIGHT; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; COMPREHENSIVE AIR QUALITY MODEL WITH EXTENSIONS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GRID MODEL; HOUSTON; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCAL SOURCE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE FORMATION; OZONE MEASUREMENTS; OZONE STANDARDS; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SURFACE MONITORING; TOTAL OZONE; TOTAL OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSPORT CONTRIBUTIONS; URBAN AREAS;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

DALLAS; HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954318547     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010248     Document Type: Article

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