Impact of Southern California anthropogenic emissions on ozone pollution in the mountain states: Model analysis and observational evidence from space

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12,784-12,803

  Huang, Min ^a,b   Bowman, Kevin W ^a   Carmichael, Gregory R ^b   Bradley Pierce, R ^c   Worden, Helen M ^d   Luo, Ming ^a   Cooper, Owen R ^e,f   Pollack, Ilana B ^e,f   Ryerson, Thomas B ^f   Brown, Steven S ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NOAA National Environmental Satellite   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

concurrent transport; mountain states ozone; SoCal pollution export

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; LANDFORMS; OZONE; POLLUTION DETECTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CONCURRENT TRANSPORT; FORWARD SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS OF POLLUTION IN THE TROPOSPHERES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; SOCAL POLLUTION EXPORT; TROPOSPHERIC EMISSION SPECTROMETERS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE MISSION; SULFUR; TROPOSPHERE;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84890506728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020205     Document Type: Article

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