Sensitivity analysis of surface ozone to emission controls in Beijing and its neighboring area during the 2008 Olympic Games

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-61

  Gao, Yi ^a   Zhang, Meigen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical smoke; CMAQ; Emission control; Process analysis; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

CMAQ; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; DRY AIR; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS; OLYMPIC GAMES; OLYMPICS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE EPISODES; PRESSURE FIELD; PROCESS ANALYSIS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY MODELING; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; RURAL SITE; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE OZONE; SURFACE OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; URBAN SITE; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER SYSTEMS; WIND VELOCITIES;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OLYMPIC GAMES; OZONE; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OZONE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84862972267     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60728-6     Document Type: Article

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