Response of Power Plant Emissions to Ambient Temperature in the Eastern United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 5838-5846

  Abel, David ^a   Holloway, Tracey ^a   Kladar, Ryan M ^a   Meier, Paul ^a   Ahl, Doug ^b   Harkey, Monica ^a   Patz, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Seventhwave   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON EMISSIONS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; NATURAL EMISSIONS; POWER-PLANT EMISSIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POWER PLANT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COOLING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; POLLUTANT; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; TEXAS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; TEMPERATURE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020553086     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06201     Document Type: Article

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