Rethinking the ozone problem in urban and regional air pollution [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Tropospheric Ozone Formation and Measurement, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (524 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.5/3
• Soggetto topico: Ozone - Environmental aspects - United States; Air - Pollution - Environmental aspects - United States; Air quality management - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-489) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Rethinking the Ozone Problem in Urban and Regional Air Pollution""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO ITS CHARGE""; ""OZONE IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""OZONE TRENDS""; ""STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING""; ""ANTHROPOGENIC VOC EMISSIONS""; ""BIOGENIC VOC EMISSIONS""; ""AMBIENT AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS""; ""AIR-QUALITY MODELS""; ""VOC VERSUS NOX CONTROL""; ""ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES""; ""A RESEARCH PROGRAM ON TROPOSPHERIC OZONE""; ""1 What Is the Problem? ""; ""NATURAL ATMOSPHERIC OZONE"" ; ""Changes in Stratospheric Ozone""""Changes in Tropospheric Ozone""; ""UNDERSTANDING TROPOSPHERIC OZONE AND PHOTOCHEMICAL AIR POLLUTION""; """"; """"; """"; """"; ""Background.""; ""OZONE AND AIR-QUALITY REGULATIONS""; ""NATIONAL TRENDS IN OZONE""; ""DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF OZONE""; ""Health Effects of Atmospheric Ozone""; ""Human Exposure Issues""; ""Effects on Vegetation""; ""PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT""; ""Chapter""; ""2 Trends in Tropospheric Concentrations of Ozone ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD FOR OZONE"" ; ""NATIONAL TRENDS IN TROPOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS OF OZONE""""TRENDS IN PRECURSOR EMISSIONS""; ""OZONE TRENDS NORMALIZED FOR METEOROLOGICAL VARIATION""; ""Measurement Approaches: A More Robust Ozone Indicator""; ""Classification Techniques""; ""Regression Techniques""; ""SUMMARY""; ""3 Criteria for Designing and Evaluating Ozone Reduction Strategies ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE CLEAN AIR ACT""; ""THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN""; ""Ambient Monitoring""; ""Emissions Inventories""; ""Relationships Between Emissions and Air Quality""; ""Control Strategies""; ""Rule Effectiveness""; ""SUMMARY"" ; ""4 The Effects of Meteorology on Tropospheric Ozone """"INTRODUCTION""; ""OZONE ACCUMULATION""; ""CLOUDS AND VENTING OF AIR POLLUTANTS""; ""REGIONAL AND MESOSCALE PREDICTABILITY OF OZONE""; ""GLOBAL AND LONG-TERM PREDICTABILITY OF OZONE""; ""OZONE IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""5 Atmospheric Chemistry of Ozone and Its Precursors ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GENERAL SCHEMES OF TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY""; ""Tropospheric Methane Oxidation Cycle""; ""Photochemical Formation of Ozone""; ""Other Reactions in the Tropospheric Nitrogen Cycle""; ""Chemistry of the Polluted Troposphere"" ; ""ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY OF ANTHROPOGENIC VOCS""""Alkanes""; ""Alkenes""; ""Aromatic Vocs""; ""Carbonyl Compounds""; ""Reactions of Organic Peroxy (RO2) Radicals""; ""Oxygenates Proposed as Alternative Fuels""; ""Methanol""; ""Ethanol""; ""Methyl t-butyl ether""; ""BIOGENIC VOCS""; ""NO3 Radical Reaction""; ""Ozone Reactions""; ""Oh Radical Reactions""; ""DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF CHEMICAL MECHANISMS""; ""OZONE FORMATION POTENTIAL OF VARIOUS VOCS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""6 VOCs and Nox: Relationship to Ozone and Associated Pollutants ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF OZONE ISOPLETHS"" ; ""UNCERTAINTIES AND SENSITIVITIES OF ISOPLETHS""
• Titolo autorizzato: Rethinking the ozone problem in urban and regional air pollution
• ISBN: 1-280-20351-X; 9786610203512; 0-309-56037-3; 0-585-11143-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456258703321
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