Impacts of potential CO2-reduction policies on air quality in the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5133-5141

  Trail, Marcus A ^a   Tsimpidi, Alexandra P ^a   Liu, Peng ^a   Tsigaridis, Kostas ^b,c   Hu, Yongtao ^a   Rudokas, Jason R ^d   Miller, Paul J ^d   Nenes, Athanasios ^a,e   Russell, Armistead G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management NESCAUM   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATIONS; CO2 EMISSION REDUCTION; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION(FGD); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROWTH FACTOR; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OZONE; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION TAX; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS ENERGY; CLIMATE; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REDUCTION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; AIR; ANALYSIS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; TAX; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS; WEATHER;

UNITED STATES;

AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; TAXES; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 84928405092     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00473     Document Type: Article

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