Projecting policy-relevant metrics for high summertime ozone pollution events over the eastern United States due to climate and emission changes during the 21st century

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 784-800

  Rieder, Harald E ^a,b   Fiore, Arlene M ^a,c   Horowitz, Larry W ^d   Naik, Vaishali ^d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION POLICY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923173570     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022303     Document Type: Article

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