A spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory of air pollutants from gasoline and ethanol in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 11408-11417

  Tessum, Christopher W ^a   Marshall, Julian D ^a   Hill, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR DISPERSION MODELING; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY; BLACK CARBON; CORN GRAIN; CORN STOVER; DISAGGREGATION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH IMPACT; FARMING ACTIVITIES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FUEL LIFE CYCLE; FUEL PRODUCTION; HUMAN HEALTH; LIFE CYCLE EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; REGULATED EMISSIONS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; ETHANOL; FUELS; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES;

LIFE CYCLE;

ALCOHOL; BLACK CARBON; GASOLINE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; ETHANOL; HEALTH IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; GRAIN; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; MAIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHANOL; GASOLINE; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; ZEA MAYS;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867911375     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3010514     Document Type: Article

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