Impact of external industrial sources on the regional and local SO2 and O3 levels of the Mexico megacity

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 8483-8499

  Almanza, V H ^a,b,c   Molina, L T ^b,c   Li, G ^b   Fast, J ^d   Sosa, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b MOLINA CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MEGACITY; OZONE; POWER PLANT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR EMISSION;

HIDALGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TIZAYUCA; TLAXCALA;

EID: 84906539542     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-8483-2014     Document Type: Article

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