Role of nitrogen oxides in nonurban ozone formation in the planetary boundary layer over N (North) America, W (Western) Europe, and adjacent areas of ocean

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6182079

Altshuller, A P

The status of knowledge on photochemical ozone formation and the effects of nitrogen oxides and peroxyacyl nitrates on such formation was evaluated. The literature is reviewed on nonurban ozone and nitrogen oxide concentration distributions, ozone lifetimes, nitrogen oxide lifetimes, and ozone formation in plumes as related to nitrogen oxide. The modeling approaches applied to ozone formation with urban plumes, power plant plumes, high-pressure systems, and during longer-range transport of ozone formation associated with reactions of natural hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide near ground level as well as photochemical ozone formation associated with reactions of carbon monoxide and more-persistent organic species with nitrogen oxides in the free troposphere are considered. Correlation studies and laboratory measurements relating ozone in nonurban locations to precursors also are evaluated.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6182079
• Report Number(s): PB-87-209193/XAB; EPA-600/J-86/380
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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