Changes in the frequency and return level of high ozone pollution events over the eastern United States following emission controls

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rieder, H E ^a,b   Fiore, A M ^a,c   Polvani, L M ^a,b,c   Lamarque, J F ^d   Fang, Y ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; air quality; extreme value theory; ozone; United States

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR QUALITY PLANNING; AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS; CONTROL MEASURES; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; IMPACT OF CHANGES; OZONE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; SUMMER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876188692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014012     Document Type: Article

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