Volatile organic compounds and their contribution to ground-level ozone formation in a tropical urban environment

MFH Zulkifli, NSSL Hawari, MT Latif, HH Abd Hamid… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to determine the trends of volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations
and their potential contribution to O 3 formation. The hourly data (August 2017 to July 2018) …

Impacts of urban land-surface forcing on ozone air quality in the Seoul metropolitan area

YH Ryu, JJ Baik, KH Kwak, S Kim… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
Modified local meteorology owing to heterogeneities in the urban–rural surface can affect
urban air quality. In this study, the impacts of urban land-surface forcing on ozone air quality …

Spatial and temporal distribution characteristics and ozone formation potentials of volatile organic compounds from three typical functional areas in China

H Luo, G Li, J Chen, Q Lin, S Ma, Y Wang, T An - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Ozone is currently one of the most important air pollutants. Volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) can easily react with atmospheric radicals to form ozone. In-field …

Characteristics of summertime ambient VOCs and their contributions to O3 and SOA formation in a suburban area of Nanjing, China

A Mozaffar, YL Zhang, M Fan, F Cao, YC Lin - Atmospheric research, 2020 - Elsevier
Hourly concentrations of 89 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) together with other
atmospheric trace gases like ozone (O 3), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) …

Elevated O3 threatens biological communications mediated by plant volatiles: A review focusing on the urban environment

N Masui, K Shiojiri, E Agathokleous… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Plant volatiles, particularly biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), emitted in urban
areas have attracted attention as olfactory signals between plants and other organisms …

Source apportionments of atmospheric volatile organic compounds in Nanjing, China during high ozone pollution season

MY Fan, YL Zhang, YC Lin, L Li, F Xie, J Hu, A Mozaffar… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Atmospheric volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are not only harmful to human health, but
also lead to ozone (O 3) formation. From July 3 to August 1 of 2018, online measurements of …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement report: Important contributions of oxygenated compounds to emissions and chemistry of volatile organic compounds in urban air

C Wu, C Wang, S Wang, W Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play important roles in the tropospheric atmosphere. In
this study, VOCs were measured at an urban site in Guangzhou, one of the megacities in the …

[HTML][HTML] Sources of volatile organic compounds and policy implications for regional ozone pollution control in an urban location of Nanjing, East China

Q Zhao, J Bi, Q Liu, Z Ling, G Shen… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Understanding the composition, temporal variability and source apportionment of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) is necessary for determining effective control measures to …

Characteristics of one-year observation of VOCs, NOx, and O3 at an urban site in Wuhan, China

Y Yang, X Liu, J Zheng, Q Tan, M Feng, Y Qu… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
A continuous online observation of ozone and its precursors (NOx, VOCs) was carried out in
central urban Wuhan from September 2016 to August 2017. The concentration levels of …

Ambient volatile organic compounds pollution in China

X Zhang, Z Xue, H Li, L Yan, Y Yang, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Owing to rapid economic and industrial development, China has been suffering from
degraded air quality and visibility. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are important …