Ozone sensitivity to its precursor emissions in northeastern Mexico for a summer air pollution episode

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1221-1233

  Sierra, A ^a   Vanoye, A Y ^a   Mendoza, A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EMISSION CONTROL; SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION EPISODES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; EMISSION SCENARIO; MONTERREY METROPOLITAN AREAS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OZONE SENSITIVITY; UPDATED INFORMATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; MEXICO; POLICY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER;

EID: 84884477257     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.813875     Document Type: Article

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