Contributions of local and regional sources of NOx to ozone concentrations in Southeast Texas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2877-2887

  Zhang, Hongliang ^a   Ying, Qi ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Background ozone; CMAQ; Source apportionment; TexAQS 2000

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND OZONE; CMAQ; COASTAL AREA; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; ENTIRE DOMAIN; GASOLINE VEHICLE; HOUSTON; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; LOCAL EMISSIONS; LOCAL SOURCE; MAXIMUM VALUES; NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION; NONLOCAL SOURCE; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL MECHANISM; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE REGION; SOURCE TYPES; TEXAQS 2000;

AIR QUALITY; COASTAL ZONES; DIESEL ENGINES; INDUSTRY; OZONE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; GASOLINE; NATURAL GAS; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION CONTROL; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIESEL ENGINE; HIGHWAY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955464076     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.02.047     Document Type: Article

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