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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-13531-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-13531-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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25 Sep 2018
Research article |
| 25 Sep 2018
| 25 Sep 2018
Improving air quality model predictions of organic species using measurement-derived organic gaseous and particle emissions in a petrochemical-dominated region
Craig A. Stroud
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Paul A. Makar
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Junhua Zhang
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Michael D. Moran
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Ayodeji Akingunola
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Shao-Meng Li
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Amy Leithead
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Katherine Hayden
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
May Siu
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, 335 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 1C7, Canada
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Short summary
It is shown that using measurement-derived volatile organic compound (VOC) and organic aerosol (OA) emissions in the GEM-MACH air quality model provides better overall predictions compared to using bottom-up emission inventories. This work was done to better constrain the fugitive organic emissions from the Athabasca oil sands region, which are a challenge to estimate with bottom-up emission approaches. We use observations from the 2013 Joint Oil Sands Monitoring study.
It is shown that using measurement-derived volatile organic compound (VOC) and organic aerosol...
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