Comparison of SAPRC99 and SAPRC07 mechanisms in photochemical modeling for central California

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 205-216

  Shearer, Sharon M ^a   Harley, Robert A ^a   Jin, Ling ^b   Brown, Nancy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Chemical mechanism; CMAQ; Ozone; Photochemistry; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; AIR QUALITY MODELING; AIR QUALITY MODELS; BIOGENIC VOCS; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; CMAQ; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; NEW MECHANISMS; OZONE CHANGES; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; RATE COEFFICIENTS; REACTION RATE COEFFICIENTS; VOC EMISSIONS; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

AIR QUALITY; NITRIC ACID; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION RATES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OZONE; PERTURBATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER VAPOR;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955240688     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.079     Document Type: Article

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