Chemical composition of gas-phase organic carbon emissions from motor vehicles and implications for ozone production

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11837-11848

  Gentner, Drew R ^a   Worton, David R ^b,c   Isaacman, Gabriel ^b   Davis, Laura C ^a   Dallmann, Timothy R ^a   Wood, Ezra C ^d,e   Herndon, Scott C ^d   Goldstein, Allen H ^a,b   Harley, Robert A ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

^d AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GASOLINE EXHAUSTS; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; LOWER VAPOR PRESSURE; OZONE FORMATION POTENTIALS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; OZONE; VEHICLES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GASOLINE;

DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXHAUST EMISSION; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VEHICLE COMPONENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL PHASE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL;

CARBON; GASES; MOTOR VEHICLES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OZONE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84886884663     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401470e     Document Type: Article

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