Anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (AVOCs) represent the third largest contribution
in gaseous emissions in the urban and peri-urban region of Santiago, the capital of Chile …

Chile's capital in the Metropolitan Region has an atmosphere polluted especially by
particulate matter in winter and by ozone in summer. Trees are used as a natural strategy for …

Tropospheric ozone is a secondary pollutant whose primary sources are volatile organic
compounds and nitrogen oxides. The national standard is exceeded on a third of summer …

Research on biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions has mainly focused on
native species in natural ecosystems. However, much of the ozone and aerosol formation …

As volatile organic compounds (VOCs) significantly affect atmospheric chemistry (oxidative
capacity) and physics (secondary organic aerosol formation and effects), emission …

Emission inventories defining regional and global biogenic volatile organic compounds
(VOC) emission strengths are needed to determine the impact of VOC on atmospheric …

The biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions of nine urban tree species were
studied to assess the air quality impacts from planting a large quantity of these trees in the …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play a central role in atmospheric chemistry. In this
work, VOCs in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro were determined using the TO-15 …

Forty native Mediterranean plant species were screened for emissions of the C5 and C10
hydrocarbons, isoprene and monoterpenes, in five different habitats. A total of 32 …

Background: Air pollution is one of the biggest problems in the world, and it is generated by
industrial production, vehicular flow and use of fossil fuels, leaving aside other important …