Reforestation as a novel abatement and compliance measure for ground-level ozone

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages E4204-E4213

  Kroeger, Timm ^a   Escobedo, Francisco J ^b   Hernandez, José L ^c,e   Varela, Sebastián ^b,f   Delphin, Sonia ^b   Fisher, Jonathan R B ^a   Waldron, Janice ^d  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ENVDAT Consulting   (United States)

^d DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^e US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Gulf of Mexico Region   (United States)

^f Centro de Transporte Sustentadle de México EMBARQ WRI   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air pollution |; Ecosystem services |; Natural infrastructure state implementation plan

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ALGORITHM; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEXAS; TREES;

EID: 84907684104     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409785111     Document Type: Article

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