A086
Sources and Fate of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and NOx in Human-Made Environments
Sources and Fate of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and NOx in Human-Made Environments
Session ID#: 157040
Session Description:
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) fuel the production of air pollutants like ozone and particulate matter (PM) through reactions with hydroxyl radicals (OH) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). A detailed understanding of the sources and fate of VOCs and NOx, which are emitted from various sources, is therefore required to regulate ozone and PM. Advances in mobile, flux, and satellite measurements have improved our understanding of VOC and NOx sources, spatial distributions, and disparities. Recent work has highlighted the importance of VOC emissions from volatile chemical products (VCPs) in densely populated areas. However, uncertainties in VOC and NOx budgets remain, causing a need for further intercomparison between models, measurements, and emission inventories. In this session, we solicit abstracts on field, modeling, satellite, and laboratory work that aims to characterize reactivity, sources, and fate of VOCs and NOx in human-made environments including (but not limited to) urban, agricultural, industrial, and indoor regimes.
Index Terms:
0322 Constituent sources and sinks [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0345 Pollution: urban and regional [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0402 Agricultural systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
3355 Regional modeling [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Erin Katz, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
Conveners: Daniel Blomdahl, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, TX, United States, Qindan Zhu, CIRES/NOAA CSL, Boulder, United States and Eva Y. Pfannerstill, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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