The role of a peri-urban forest on air quality improvement in the Mexico City megalopolis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 163, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-183

  Baumgardner, Darrel ^a   Varela, Sebastian ^b,d   Escobedo, Francisco J ^b   Chacalo, Alicia ^c   Ochoa, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^d Centro de Transporte Sustentable de Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Ozone; Urban air pollution; Urban forest effects model; Weather research and forecast coupled with chemistry model

Indexed keywords

10 MICRON; AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS; CO REMOVAL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST STRUCTURE; MEXICO CITY; NATIONAL PARKS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION EMISSIONS; POLLUTION REMOVAL; REGIONAL DYNAMICS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN FORESTS; WEATHER RESEARCH; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; OZONE; PARKS; POLLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORESTRY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION; NATIONAL PARK; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERIURBAN AREA; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN POLLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; MEXICO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TREES;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; POLLUTION; WEATHER;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

POACEAE;

EID: 84855787550     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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