Rethinking the Ozone Problem in Urban and Regional Air Pollution.

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Main Author: Committee on Geosciences, Environment and Resourcs S.
Other Authors: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""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""