Estimating potential productivity cobenefits for crops and trees from reduced ozone with U.S. coal power plant carbon standards

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 14679-14690

  Capps, Shannon L ^a,b   Driscoll, Charles T ^c   Fakhraei, Habibollah ^c   Templer, Pamela H ^d   Craig, Kenneth J ^e   Milford, Jana B ^a   Lambert, Kathleen F ^f  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c Syracuse University   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

^e SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PLANT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY STRATEGY; POLLUTION POLICY; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009168782     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025141     Document Type: Article

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