Temperature-dependent emissions dominate aerosol and ozone formation in Los Angeles

EY Pfannerstill, C Arata, Q Zhu, BC Schulze, R Ward… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Despite declines in transportation emissions, urban North America and Europe still face
unhealthy air pollution levels. This has challenged conventional understanding of the …

Investigating the industrial origin of terpenoids in a coastal city in northern France: A source apportionment combining anthropogenic, biogenic, and oxygenated VOC

M Farhat, A Borbon, C Afif, S Zhang, S Dusanter… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Terpenoids have long been known to originate from natural sources. However, there is
growing evidence for emissions from anthropogenic activities in cities, in particular from the …

A better representation of volatile organic compound chemistry in WRF-Chem and its impact on ozone over Los Angeles

Q Zhu, RH Schwantes, M Coggon… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
The declining trend in vehicle emissions has underscored the growing significance of
volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from volatile chemical products (VCPs) …

Production of oxygenated volatile organic compounds from the ozonolysis of coastal seawater

DB Kilgour, GA Novak, MS Claflin… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Dry deposition of ozone (O 3) to the ocean surface and the ozonolysis of organics in the sea
surface microlayer (SSML) are potential sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to …

Emission characteristics of reactive organic gases (ROGs) from industrial volatile chemical products (VCPs) in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), China

S Wang, B Yuan, X He, R Cui, X Song… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Volatile chemical products (VCPs) have become an important source of reactive organic
gases (ROGs) in urban areas worldwide. Industrial activities can also utilize a large number …

Contribution of cooking emissions to the urban volatile organic compounds in Las Vegas, NV

MM Coggon, CE Stockwell, L Xu… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Cooking is a source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which degrade air quality.
Cooking VOCs have been investigated in laboratory and indoor studies, but the contribution …

Deciphering anthropogenic and biogenic contributions to selected non-methane volatile organic compound emissions in an urban area

A Peron, M Graus, M Striednig… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
The anthropogenic and biogenic contributions of isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes
and methanol in an urban area were estimated based on direct eddy covariance flux …

The application of PTR-MS and non-targeted analysis to characterize VOCs emitted from a plastic recycling facility fire

ECM Vitucci, O Oladeji, AA Presto… - Journal of Exposure …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Background On April 11th, 2023, the My Way Trading (MWT) recycling facility in
Richmond, Indiana caught fire, mandating the evacuation of local residents and …

O3 Sensitivity to NOx and VOC During RECAP-CA: Implication for Emissions Control Strategies

S Wu, CP Alaimo, Y Zhao, PG Green, TM Young… - ACS ES&T …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lack of recent progress in reducing ground-level ozone (O3) concentrations to comply with
health-based standards in the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) has motivated a reanalysis of …

Volatile organic compound fluxes in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley–spatial distribution, source attribution, and inventory comparison

EY Pfannerstill, C Arata, Q Zhu… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract The San Joaquin Valley is an agricultural region in California that suffers from poor
air quality. Since traffic emissions are decreasing, other sources of volatile organic …