Ozone enhancement in western US wildfire plumes at the Mt. Bachelor Observatory: The role of NOx

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 297-304

  Baylon, P ^a   Jaffe, D A ^a,b   Wigder, N L ^a   Gao, H ^b   Hee, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancement ratio; Ozone production; Western U.S; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRES; MIXING; OBSERVATORIES; SKIN; THERMAL PLUMES;

ENHANCEMENT RATIOS; MIXING RATIOS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; OZONE MIXING RATIO; OZONE PRODUCTION; REACTIVE NITROGEN; WESTERN U.S; WILDFIRE;

OZONE;

FOSSIL FUEL; ISOPRENE; NITROGEN; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORRELATION; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OBSERVATORY; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DRY DEPOSITION; FIRE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIMULATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WATER VAPOR;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT BACHELOR; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934912133     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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