Ozone and organic nitrates over the eastern United States: Sensitivity to isoprene chemistry

J Mao, F Paulot, DJ Jacob, RC Cohen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We implement a new isoprene oxidation mechanism in a global 3‐D chemical transport
model (GEOS‐Chem). Model results are evaluated with observations for ozone, isoprene …

Observational constraints on the chemistry of isoprene nitrates over the eastern United States

LW Horowitz, AM Fiore, GP Milly… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of organic nitrates during the oxidation of the biogenic hydrocarbon isoprene
can strongly affect boundary layer concentrations of ozone and nitrogen oxides (NOx= NO+ …

Global simulation of tropospheric O3‐NO x ‐hydrocarbon chemistry: 1. Model formulation

Y Wang, DJ Jacob, JA Logan - Journal of Geophysical …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a global three‐dimensional model for tropospheric O3‐NOx‐hydrocarbon
chemistry with synoptic‐scale resolution. A suite of 15 chemical tracers, including O3, NOx …

Observations of isoprene chemistry and its role in ozone production at a semirural site during the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study

TK Starn, PB Shepson, SB Bertman… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Isoprene and its oxidation products, methyl vinyl ketone (MVK) and methacrolein (MACR),
were measured in a semirural environment that was occasionally heavily impacted by urban …

Sensitivity to grid resolution in the ability of a chemical transport model to simulate observed oxidant chemistry under high-isoprene conditions

K Yu, DJ Jacob, JA Fisher, PS Kim… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Formation of ozone and organic aerosol in continental atmospheres depends on whether
isoprene emitted by vegetation is oxidized by the high-NO x pathway (where peroxy radicals …

Seasonal budgets of reactive nitrogen species and ozone over the United States, and export fluxes to the global atmosphere

J Liang, LW Horowitz, DJ Jacob, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
A three‐dimensional, continental‐scale photochemical model is used to investigate
seasonal budgets of O3 and NOy species (including NOx and its oxidation products) in the …

Global chemical transport model study of ozone response to changes in chemical kinetics and biogenic volatile organic compounds emissions due to increasing …

A Ito, S Sillman, JE Penner - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Global modeling studies show a wide variability in the response of the O3 budget to climate
change as projected by applying Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenarios in …

Evaluating the contribution of changes in isoprene emissions to surface ozone trends over the eastern United States

AM Fiore, LW Horowitz, DW Purves… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing surface ozone (O3) to concentrations in compliance with the national air quality
standard has proven to be challenging, despite tighter controls on O3 precursor emissions …

Observation of isoprene hydroxynitrates in the southeastern United States and implications for the fate of NO

F Xiong, KM McAvey, KA Pratt, CJ Groff… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Isoprene hydroxynitrates (IN) are tracers of the photochemical oxidation of isoprene in high
NO x environments. Production and loss of IN have a significant influence on the NO x cycle …

Influence of isoprene chemical mechanism on modelled changes in tropospheric ozone due to climate and land use over the 21st century

OJ Squire, AT Archibald, PT Griffiths… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Isoprene is a~ precursor to tropospheric ozone, a key pollutant and greenhouse gas.
Anthropogenic activity over the coming century is likely to cause large changes in …