Impact of wildfires on ozone exceptional events in the western U.S.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 11065-11072

  Jaffe, Daniel A ^a,b   Wigder, Nicole ^a,b   Downey, Nicole ^c   Pfister, Gabriele ^d   Boynard, Anne ^d   Reid, Stephen B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Earth System Sciences   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION MODELING; EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS; FORECASTING MODELING; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL PATTERNS; PEROXYACETYL NITRATES; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODELING;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FIRES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; PEROXYACETYLNITRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; MIXING RATIO; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; PEROXYACETYL NITRATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WEATHER FORECASTING; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; METEOROLOGY; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; RENO; SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; FIRES; IDAHO; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEVADA; OZONE; UTAH;

EID: 84885094679     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402164f     Document Type: Article

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