Observed Relationship of Ozone air Pollution with Temperature and Emissions
| dc.contributor.author | Bloomer, Bryan J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stehr, Jeffrey W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Piety, Charles A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Salawitch, Ross J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dickerson, Russell R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-03-04T17:46:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-03-04T17:46:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Higher temperatures caused by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations are predicted to exacerbate photochemical smog if precursor emissions remain constant. We perform a statistical analysis of 21 years of ozone and temperature observations across the rural eastern U.S. The climate penalty factor is defined as the slope of the ozone/temperature relationship. For two precursor emission regimes, before and after 2002, the climate penalty factor was consistent across the distribution of ozone observations. Prior to 2002, ozone increased by an average of ~3.2 ppbv/°C. After 2002, power plant NOx emissions were reduced by 43%, ozone levels fell ~10%, and the climate penalty factor dropped to ~2.2 ppbv/°C. NOx controls are effective for reducing photochemical smog and might lessen the severity of projected climate change penalties. Air quality models should be evaluated against these observations, and the climate penalty factor metric may be useful for evaluating the response of ozone to climate change. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Observed Relationship of Ozone air Pollution with Temperature and Emissions, B. J. Bloomer, J. W. Stehr, R. J. Salawitch, and R. R. Dickerson, Geophys. Res. Lett, submitted, 2009. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8947 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union (AGU) | en |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | College of Computer, Mathematical & Physical Sciences | en_us |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Atmospheric & Oceanic Science | en_us |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_us |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland (College Park, MD) | en_us |
| dc.rights.license | Accepted for publication in Geophys. Res. Lett. Copyright 2009 American Geophysical Union. Further reproduction or electronic distribution is not permitted. | |
| dc.subject | greenhouse gas | en |
| dc.subject | emissions | en |
| dc.subject | ozone | en |
| dc.subject | climate | en |
| dc.title | Observed Relationship of Ozone air Pollution with Temperature and Emissions | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |