Development of a database for chemical mechanism assignments for volatile organic emissions

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1171-1184

  Carter, William P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; MODELING EFFECTS; TOTAL EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC EMISSIONS;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION;

CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AIR POLLUTANT;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA BASE; FIELD EMISSION; GAS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACM2 MECHANISM; RADM2 MECHANISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC GAS; UNITED STATES; VAPOR PRESSURE; WETTABILITY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84944097175     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2015.1013646     Document Type: Article

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