Impact of policy-relevant scenarios on ozone in southern England: Influence of chemical mechanism choice

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-96

  Derwent, Richard G ^a   Murrells, Tim P ^b  

^a RDSCIENTIFIC   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis; NOx and VOC emissions; Ozone

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SAMPLING; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS; PROBABILISTIC EVALUATION; PROBABILISTIC UNCERTAINTY; VOC EMISSIONS;

EMISSION CONTROL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OZONE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EMISSION CONTROL; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POLICY MAKING; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875610067     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.038     Document Type: Article

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