Sensitivity of Ambient Atmospheric Formaldehyde and Ozone to Precursor Species and Source Types Across the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 4668-4675

  Luecken, D J ^a   Napelenok, S L ^a   Strum, M ^a   Scheffe, R ^a   Phillips, S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCARBONS; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMBIENTS; ATMOSPHERIC FORMALDEHYDE; ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; BIOGENICS; HUMAN HEALTH; HYDROCARBON SPECIATION; MOBILE SOURCES; PHOTOCHEMICAL AIR QUALITY MODELS; SOURCE TYPES;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALKENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCARBON; ISOPRENE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; PEROXY RADICAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; ISOPRENE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMBUSTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85045632866     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05509     Document Type: Article

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