Sources of ambient volatile organic compounds and their contributions to photochemical ozone formation at a site in the Pearl River Delta, southern China

ZH Ling, H Guo, HR Cheng, YF Yu - Environmental Pollution, 2011 - Elsevier
The Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) receptor model and the Observation Based Model
(OBM) were combined to analyze volatile organic compound (VOC) data collected at a …

C1–C8 volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere of Hong Kong: overview of atmospheric processing and source apportionment

H Guo, KL So, IJ Simpson, B Barletta, S Meinardi… - Atmospheric …, 2007 - Elsevier
We present measurements of C1–C8 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at four sites
ranging from urban to rural areas in Hong Kong from September 2002 to August 2003. A …

Spatial and seasonal variation and source apportionment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a heavily industrialized region

Y Dumanoglu, M Kara, H Altiok, M Odabasi… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Source apportionment is generally applied to a time series of pollutant concentrations
measured at a single site. However, in a complex airshed having multiple pollutant sources …

Characteristics and source apportionment of VOCs measured in Shanghai, China

C Cai, F Geng, X Tie, Q Yu, J An - Atmospheric Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured from 2007 to 2010 at the center of
Shanghai, China. Because VOCs are important precursors for ozone photochemical …

Seasonal variability and source apportionment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the Paris megacity (France)

A Baudic, V Gros, S Sauvage, N Locoge… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Within the framework of air quality studies at the megacity scale, highly time-resolved volatile
organic compound (C 2–C 8) measurements were performed in downtown Paris (urban …

Photochemical ozone pollution in five Chinese megacities in summer 2018

X Liu, H Guo, L Zeng, X Lyu, Y Wang, Y Zeren… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate photochemical ozone (O 3) pollution in urban areas in China, O 3 and its
precursors and meteorological parameters were simultaneously measured in five …

Source apportionment of ambient volatile organic compounds in Beijing

Y Song, M Shao, Y Liu, S Lu, W Kuster… - Environmental …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The ambient air quality standard for ozone is frequently exceeded in Beijing in summer and
autumn. Source apportionments of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are …

Ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in two coastal cities in western Canada: Spatiotemporal variation, source apportionment, and health risk assessment

Y Xiong, MA Bari, Z Xing, K Du - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban areas is of great interest due to their
important roles in the atmospheric photochemistry as well as their potential adverse effects …

VOC source–receptor relationships in Houston during TexAQS-II

M Leuchner, B Rappenglück - Atmospheric Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
During the TRAMP field campaign in August–September 2006, C2–C10 volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) were measured continuously and online at the urban Moody Tower …

Understanding ozone episodes during the TRACER-AQ campaign in Houston, Texas: The role of transport and ozone production sensitivity to precursors

E Soleimanian, Y Wang, W Li, X Liu, T Griggs… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated transport pathways and photochemical formation responsible for
ozone exceedances during the September 2021 deployment of the Tracking Aerosol …