CAMx ozone source attribution in the eastern United States using guidance from observations during DISCOVER-AQ Maryland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2249-2258

  Goldberg, Daniel L ^a   Vinciguerra, Timothy P ^b   Anderson, Daniel C ^a   Hembeck, Linda ^a   Canty, Timothy P ^a   Ehrman, Sheryl H ^b   Martins, Douglas K ^c   Stauffer, Ryan M ^c,d   Thompson, Anne M ^c,e   Salawitch, Ross J ^a,d   Dickerson, Russell R ^a,d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ozone

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; NASA; OZONE;

BASELINE MODELS; BIOGENIC EMISSION; COMPREHENSIVE AIR QUALITY MODEL WITH EXTENSIONS; GENERATING UNIT; NATIONAL EMISSIONS INVENTORIES; ON-ROAD MOBILE SOURCES; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; SURFACE CONDITIONS;

REDUCTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REDUCTION; SOFTWARE;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959927448     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067332     Document Type: Article

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