Search Results - "MCELROY, M. B"

Quantifying the uncertainties of a bottom-up emission inventory of anthropogenic atmospheric pollutants in China by Zhao, Y, Nielsen, C P, Lei, Y, McElroy, M B, Hao, J

“…The uncertainties of a national, bottom-up inventory of Chinese emissions of anthropogenic SO2, NOx, and particulate matter (PM) of different size classes and…”
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Detection from space of a reduction in anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen oxides during the Chinese economic downturn by Lin, J.-T., McElroy, M. B.

“…Rapid economic and industrial development in China and relatively weak emission controls have resulted in significant increases in emissions of nitrogen oxides…”
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Ozone air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympics: effectiveness of emission restrictions by Wang, Y., Hao, J., McElroy, M. B., Munger, J. W., Ma, H., Chen, D., Nielsen, C. P.

“…A series of aggressive measures was launched by the Chinese government to reduce pollutant emissions from Beijing and surrounding areas during the Olympic…”
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Regional CO pollution and export in China simulated by the high-resolution nested-grid GEOS-Chem model by Chen, D., Wang, Y., McElroy, M. B., He, K., Yantosca, R. M., Le Sager, P.

“…An updated version of the nested-grid GEOS-Chem model is developed allowing for higher horizontal (0.5°×0.667°) resolution as compared to global models. CO…”
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CO2 and its correlation with CO at a rural site near Beijing: implications for combustion efficiency in China by Wang, Y, Munger, J W, Xu, S, McElroy, M B, Hao, J, Nielsen, C P, Ma, H

“…Although China has surpassed the United States as the world's largest carbon dioxide emitter, in situ measurements of atmospheric CO2 have been sparse in…”
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Three-dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation by Spivakovsky, C. M., Logan, J. A., Montzka, S. A., Balkanski, Y. J., Foreman‐Fowler, M., Jones, D. B. A., Horowitz, L. W., Fusco, A. C., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Prather, M. J., Wofsy, S. C., McElroy, M. B.

“…A global climatological distribution of tropospheric OH is computed using observed distributions of O3, H2O, NOt (NO2 +NO + 2N2O5 + NO3 + HNO2 +HNO4), CO,…”
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Constraint of anthropogenic NOx emissions in China from different sectors: a new methodology using multiple satellite retrievals by K. F. Boersma, M. B. McElroy, J.-T. Lin

“…A new methodology is developed to constrain Chinese anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from four major sectors (industry, power plants, mobile…”
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Estimating the distribution of terrestrial CO2 sources and sinks from atmospheric measurements: Sensitivity to configuration of the observation network by Suntharalingam, P., Spivakovsky, C. M., Logan, J. A., McElroy, M. B.

“…We explore the sensitivity of terrestrial CO2 flux estimates from a specific inversion methodology, based on the configuration of Fan et al. [1998], to…”
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Variations of O3 and CO in summertime at a rural site near Beijing by Y. Chen, C. P. Nielsen, J. Hao, H. Ma, J. W. Munger, M. B. McElroy, Y. Wang

“…Large intra-season differences in mixing ratios of CO and O3 were detected at Miyun, a rural site north of Beijing, in summer 2006. Despite an increase in mean…”
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Variations of O 3 and CO in summertime at a rural site near Beijing by Wang, Y., McElroy, M. B., Munger, J. W., Hao, J., Ma, H., Nielsen, C. P., Chen, Y.

“…Large intra-season differences in mixing ratios of CO and O3 were detected at Miyun, a rural site north of Beijing, in summer 2006. Despite an increase in mean…”
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Reductions of Antarctic ozone due to synergistic interactions of chlorine and bromine by Mcelroy, M. B., Salawitch, R. J., Wofsy, S. C., Logan, J. A.

“…The vertical column density of ozone observed in October over Antarctica has fallen precipitously over the past 10 yr. The concentration at Halley Bay (76 deg…”
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Constraints on meridional transport in the stratosphere imposed by the mean age of air in the lower stratosphere by Jones, D. B. A., Andrews, A. E., Schneider, H. R., McElroy, M. B.

“…The sensitivity of mean age of air in the stratosphere to the vertical structure of mass exchange between the tropics and midlatitudes is examined with a…”
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Denitrification in the Antarctic stratosphere by Salawitch, R. J., Gobbi, G. P., Wofsy, S. C., Mcelroy, M. B.

“…Rapid loss of ozone over Antarctica in spring requires that the abundance of gaseous nitric acid be very low. Precipitation of particulate nitric acid has been…”
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Changing Composition of the Global Stratosphere by McElroy, Michael B., Salawitch, Ross J.

“…The current understanding of stratospheric chemistry is reviewed with particular attention to the influence of human activity. Models are in good agreement…”
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Role of sea-surface temperature and ocean circulation changes in the reorganization of the global carbon cycle at the Last Glacial Termination by Hausman, Ezra Daskal, McElroy, Michael B.

“…The increase in atmospheric CO2 mixing ratio at the close of the Pleistocene epoch was part of a larger reorganization of the global carbon cycle that involved…”
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Reductions in ozone at high concentrations of stratospheric halogens by Prather, M. J., Mcelroy, M. B., Wofsy, S. C.

“…An increase in the concentration of inorganic chlorine to levels comparable to that of oxidized reactive nitrogen could cause a significant change in the…”
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Extreme Ultraviolet Observations from Voyager 1 Encounter with Jupiter by Broadfoot, A. L., Belton, M. J. S., Takacs, P. Z., Sandel, B. R., Shemansky, D. E., Holberg, J. B., Ajello, J. M., Atreya, S. K., Donahue, T. M., Moos, H. W., Bertaux, J. L., Blamont, J. E., Strobel, D. F., McConnell, J. C., Dalgarno, A., Goody, R., McElroy, M. B.

“…Observations of the optical extreme ultraviolet spectrum of the Jupiter planetary system during the Voyager 1 encounter have revealed previously undetected…”
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Fine-particle pH for Beijing winter haze as inferred from different thermodynamic equilibrium models by Song, Shaojie, Gao, Meng, Xu, Weiqi, Shao, Jingyuan, Shi, Guoliang, Wang, Shuxiao, Wang, Yuxuan, Sun, Yele, McElroy, Michael B

“…pH is an important property of aerosol particles but is difficult to measure directly. Several studies have estimated the pH values for fine particles in…”
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Fixation of Nitrogen in the Prebiotic Atmosphere by Yung, Y. L., McElroy, M. B.

“…Reactions between nitrogen and water in the air surrounding lightning discharges can provide an important source of nitric oxide even under conditions where…”
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Ozone pollution over China and India: seasonality and sources by Gao, Meng, Gao, Jinhui, Zhu, Bin, Kumar, Rajesh, Lu, Xiao, Song, Shaojie, Zhang, Yuzhong, Jia, Beixi, Wang, Peng, Beig, Gufran, Hu, Jianlin, Ying, Qi, Zhang, Hongliang, Sherman, Peter, McElroy, Michael B.

“…A regional fully coupled meteorology–chemistry model, Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem), was employed to study the seasonality…”
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