Overview of the SHARP campaign: Motivation, design, and major outcomes

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2597-2610

  Olaguer, Eduardo P ^a   Kolb, Charles E ^b   Lefer, Barry ^c   Rappenglückzhang, Bernhardrenyi ^c,d   Pinto, Joseph P ^e  

^a HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; FORMALDEHYDE; INORGANIC ACIDS; MEASUREMENTS; MOTIVATION; OZONE; RESEARCH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; FIELD STUDIES; HIGHLY REACTIVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NITROUS ACID; POINT SOURCE EMISSIONS; RADICAL PRECURSOR; SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS; STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FIELDWORK; FORMALDEHYDE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; OZONE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RADICAL; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898468528     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD019730     Document Type: Article

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