Articles | Volume 19, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10697-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10697-2019
Research article
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26 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 26 Aug 2019

Photochemical production of ozone and emissions of NOx and CH4 in the San Joaquin Valley

Justin F. Trousdell, Dani Caputi, Jeanelle Smoot, Stephen A. Conley, and Ian C. Faloona

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We flew a small single-engine instrumented aircraft in a large valley of California to study the factors that determine air pollutant levels in a region of the US that faces serious air quality challenges. After carefully accounting for atmospheric mixing, we found that agriculture is likely a significant and currently underestimated source of nitrogen oxide, a precursor to both ozone and particulate matter pollution and methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
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