Emission sources sensitivity study for ground-level ozone and PM 2.5 due to oil sands development using air quality modelling system: Part II - Source apportionment modelling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 542-556

  Cho, Sunny ^a   Morris, Ralph ^b   McEachern, Preston ^a   Shah, Tejas ^b   Johnson, Jeremiah ^b   Nopmongcol, Uarporn ^b  

^a ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^b ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality model; Emission sources; Oil sands; Ozone; PM 2.5; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELLING SYSTEM; AIR QUALITY MODELS; ALBERTA; ALBERTA OIL SANDS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; AREA SOURCES; BIOGENIC EMISSION; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; ELEVATED OZONE; EMISSION SOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; GROUND-LEVEL OZONE; MCMURRAY; MEDIUM RANGE; MOBILE SOURCES; OZONE CONCENTRATION; POINT SOURCES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; STATIONARY POINTS; URBAN PLUMES;

AIR QUALITY; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; OIL SANDS;

OZONE;

OIL;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; OIL SAND; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

ALBERTA; CANADA; EDMONTON;

EID: 84862013413     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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