Evidence for an increase in the ozone photochemical lifetime in the eastern United States using a regional air quality model

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 12,778-12,793

  Goldberg, Daniel L ^a   Vinciguerra, Timothy P ^b   Hosley, Kyle M ^c   Loughner, Christopher P ^d   Canty, Timothy P ^a   Salawitch, Ross J ^a,d   Dickerson, Russell R ^a,d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957437855     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023930     Document Type: Article

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