Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil- and natural gas-producing region of the western US

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 411-429

  Ahmadov, R ^a,b   McKeen, S ^a,b   Trainer, M ^b   Banta, R ^b   Brewer, A ^b   Brown, S ^b   Edwards, P M ^a,b,c   De Gouw, J A ^a,b   Frost, G J ^a,b   Gilman, J ^a,b   Helmig, D ^a   Johnson, B ^b   Karion, A ^a,b   Koss, A ^a,b   Langford, A ^b   Lerner, B ^a,b   Olson, J ^a,b   Oltmans, S ^a,b   Peischl, J ^a,b   Petron G ^a,b   Pichugina, Y ^a,b   Roberts, J M ^b   Ryerson, T ^b   Schnell, R ^b   Senff, C ^a,b   Sweeney, C ^a,b   Thompson, C ^a   Veres, P R ^a,b   Warneke, C ^a,b   Wild, R ^a,b   Williams, E J ^b   Yuan, B ^a,b   Zamora, R ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GAS PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OIL PRODUCTION; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WINTER;

UINTA BASIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84921325502     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-411-2015     Document Type: Article

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