Are photochemical oxidant control strategies robust to the choice of chemical mechanism?

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 234-244

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

^a RDSCIENTIFIC   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879928121     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN12150     Document Type: Article

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