Surface O3 photochemistry over the South China Sea: Application of a near-explicit chemical mechanism box model

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 234, Issue , 2018, Pages 155-166

  Wang, Yu ^a   Guo, Hai ^a   Zou, Shichun ^b   Lyu, Xiaopu ^a   Ling, Zhenhao ^b   Cheng, Hairong ^c   Zeren, Yangzong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ozone; Photochemical box model; Photochemistry; South China Sea; VOCs

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FREE RADICALS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION RATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; FIELD MEASUREMENT; MASTER CHEMICAL MECHANISM; PHOTOCHEMICAL BOX MODEL; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TRANSITION REGIMES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AUTUMN; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MARINE POLLUTION; MODELING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASTER CHEMICAL MECHANISM; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEA POLLUTION; SIMULATION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE PROPERTY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISLANDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85034735559     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.11.001     Document Type: Article

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