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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2601-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2601-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
22 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 22 Feb 2018
Effects of temperature-dependent NOx emissions on continental ozone production
Paul S. Romer
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Kaitlin C. Duffey
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Paul J. Wooldridge
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Eric Edgerton
Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc., Cary, NC 27513, USA
Karsten Baumann
Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc., Cary, NC 27513, USA
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Philip A. Feiner
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
David O. Miller
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
William H. Brune
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Abigail R. Koss
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Joost A. Gouw
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Pawel K. Misztal
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Allen H. Goldstein
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Data sets
SOAS 2013 Centreville Site Data SOAS Science Team https://esrl.noaa.gov/csd/groups/csd7/measurements/2013senex/Ground/DataDownload
Short summary
Observations of increased ozone on hotter days are widely reported, but the mechanisms driving this relationship remain uncertain. We use measurements from the rural southeastern United States to study how temperature affects ozone production. We find that changing NOx emissions, most likely from soil microbes, can be a major driver of increased ozone with temperature in the continental background. These findings suggest that ozone will increase with temperature under a wide range of conditions.
Observations of increased ozone on hotter days are widely reported, but the mechanisms driving...
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