Search Results - "Tonnesen, Gail"
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US surface ozone trends and extremes from 1980 to 2014: quantifying the roles of rising Asian emissions, domestic controls, wildfires, and climate
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (01-03-2017)“…US surface O3 responds to varying global-to-regional precursor emissions, climate, and extreme weather, with implications for designing effective air quality…”
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Evaluating a Space‐Based Indicator of Surface Ozone‐NOx‐VOC Sensitivity Over Midlatitude Source Regions and Application to Decadal Trends
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (16-10-2017)“…Determining effective strategies for mitigating surface ozone (O3) pollution requires knowledge of the relative ambient concentrations of its precursors, NOx,…”
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Scientific assessment of background ozone over the U.S.: Implications for air quality management
Published in Elementa (Washington, D.C.) (2018)“…Ozone (O ) is a key air pollutant that is produced from precursor emissions and has adverse impacts on human health and ecosystems. In the U.S., the Clean Air…”
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Changes in Ozone Chemical Sensitivity in the United States from 2007 to 2016
Published in ACS Environmental Au (18-05-2022)“…Anthropogenic nitrogen oxide (NO x ) and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions in the United States have declined substantially over the last decade,…”
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Comparison of background ozone estimates over the western United States based on two separate model methodologies
Published in Atmospheric environment (1994) (01-05-2015)“…Two separate air quality model methodologies for estimating background ozone levels over the western U.S. are compared in this analysis. The first approach is…”
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New insights into the column CH2O/NO2 ratio as an indicator of near‐surface ozone sensitivity
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (27-08-2017)“…Satellite‐based measurements of the column CH2O/NO2 ratio have previously been used to estimate near‐surface ozone (O3) sensitivity (i.e., NOx or VOC limited),…”
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Development of a tagged species source apportionment algorithm to characterize three-dimensional transport and transformation of precursors and secondary pollutants
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research. B. Solid Earth (16-11-2009)“…We developed a new tagged species source apportionment (TSSA) algorithm for tracking the direct mass contributions of selected emissions sources to the…”
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Nitrogen Emissions, Deposition, and Monitoring in the Western United States
Published in Bioscience (01-04-2003)“…Nitrogen (N) deposition in the western United States ranges from 1 to 4 kilograms (kg) per hectare (ha) per year over much of the region to as high as 30 to 90…”
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Modeling NH4NO3 Over the San Joaquin Valley During the 2013 DISCOVER‐AQ Campaign
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (16-05-2018)“…The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California experiences high concentrations of particulate matter NH4NO3 during episodes of meteorological stagnation in winter…”
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Size distribution of sea-salt emissions as a function of relative humidity
Published in Atmospheric environment (1994) (01-06-2005)“…This note presents a straightforward method to correct sea-salt-emission particle-size distributions according to local relative humidity. The proposed method…”
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Evaluating a Space-Based Indicator of Surface Ozone-NO x -VOC Sensitivity Over Midlatitude Source Regions and Application to Decadal Trends
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (16-10-2017)“…Determining effective strategies for mitigating surface ozone (O ) pollution requires knowledge of the relative ambient concentrations of its precursors, NO ,…”
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Modeling NH 4 NO 3 Over the San Joaquin Valley During the 2013 DISCOVER-AQ Campaign
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (16-05-2018)“…The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California experiences high concentrations of particulate matter NH NO during episodes of meteorological stagnation in winter…”
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Assessment of progress toward regional haze rule visibility goals using United States anthropogenic emissions rate of progress
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) (02-11-2022)“…The U.S. EPA developed the Regional Haze Rule to address Section 7491 of the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments to prevent any future and remedy any existing…”
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Future year (2028) source apportionment modeling to support Regional Haze Rule planning in the western U.S
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) (02-11-2022)“…The Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) has developed a modeling platform to simulate the formation of haze-causing particles that impact…”
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Effects of uncertainty in the reaction of the hydroxyl radical with nitrogen dioxide on model-simulated ozone control strategies
Published in Atmospheric environment (1994) (01-05-1999)“…We evaluated the effect of a 20% reduction in the rate constant of the reaction of the hydroxyl radical with nitrogen dioxide to produce nitric acid (OH+NO…”
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Coupling between Chemical and Meteorological Processes under Persistent Cold-Air Pool Conditions: Evolution of Wintertime PM2.5 Pollution Events and N2O5 Observations in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley
Published in Environmental science & technology (06-06-2017)“…The Salt Lake Valley experiences severe fine particulate matter pollution episodes in winter during persistent cold-air pools (PCAPs). We employ measurements…”
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Revisiting day-of-week ozone patterns in an era of evolving US air quality
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (12-02-2024)“…Past work has shown that traffic patterns in the USA and resulting NOx emissions vary by day of week, with NOx emissions typically being higher on weekdays…”
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Air pollutant source characterization using the revised regional haze tracking metric and a photochemical grid model and implications for regional haze planning
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) (04-03-2019)“…The 2017 revisions to the Regional Haze Rule clarify that visibility progress at Class I national parks and wilderness areas should be tracked on days with the…”
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CMAQ/CAMx annual 2002 performance evaluation over the eastern US
Published in Atmospheric environment (1994) (01-08-2006)“…Operational, diagnostic, and comparative evaluations of two one-atmosphere regional models were performed for the full calendar year 2002 in support of…”
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Coupling between Chemical and Meteorological Processes under Persistent Cold-Air Pool Conditions: Evolution of Wintertime PM^sub 2.5^ Pollution Events and N^sub 2^O^sub 5^ Observations in Utah's Salt Lake Valley
Published in Environmental science & technology (06-06-2017)“…The Salt Lake Valley experiences severe fine particulate matter pollution episodes in winter during persistent cold-air pools (PCAPs). We employ measurements…”
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