Articles | Volume 23, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-12753-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-12753-2023
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Research article
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12 Oct 2023
Research article |
| 12 Oct 2023
| 12 Oct 2023
Volatile organic compound fluxes in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley – spatial distribution, source attribution, and inventory comparison
Eva Y. Pfannerstill
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management,
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Caleb Arata
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management,
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Qindan Zhu
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
now at: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Benjamin C. Schulze
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Roy Woods
Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA
John H. Seinfeld
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Anthony Bucholtz
Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA
Ronald C. Cohen
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management,
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Volatile Organic Compound Composition and Emissions in a Residential Attic B. Molinier et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00040
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- Top-Down Evaluation of Volatile Chemical Product Emissions Using a Lagrangian Framework B. Verreyken et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c10117
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- Temperature-dependent emissions dominate aerosol and ozone formation in Los Angeles E. Pfannerstill et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg8204
- Incorporating Cooking Emissions To Better Simulate the Impact of Zero-Emission Vehicle Adoption on Ozone Pollution in Los Angeles Q. Zhu et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00902
- Inequality in Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions and Concentrations Measured Over Los Angeles J. Ofodile et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00808
- Molecular and seasonal characteristics of organic vapors in urban Beijing: insights from Vocus-PTR measurements Z. An et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-13793-2024
- Ethanol and Methanol in South Korea and China: Evidence for Large Anthropogenic Emissions Missing from Current Inventories E. Beaudry et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00210
- Characteristics and sources of organic vapors during O3 pollution in a megacity Wuhan in China: from hydrocarbons to highly oxidized molecules C. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2026.122127
- Toward Linking Indoor Commercial Source Emissions to Outdoor Volatile Organic Compounds Using Mobile Measurements S. Budisulistiorini et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00290
- Volatile organic compounds near livestock farms and croplands: implications for secondary organic aerosol formation potential S. Jeong et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44273-026-00083-6
- Volatile organic compound emissions in croplands: The contributions of crops, soil, and agricultural management practices Y. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110484
- Formation Kinetics and Yields of Secondary Organic Aerosol from Benzothiazoles Based on Oxidation Flow Reactor and Ambient Studies Y. Zhan et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00714
- Molecular Tracking the Formation and Aging of Secondary Organic Aerosol from Benzothiazole Photooxidation Y. Zhan et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c17162
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Short summary
The San Joaquin Valley is an agricultural area with poor air quality. Organic gases drive the formation of hazardous air pollutants. Agricultural emissions of these gases are not well understood and have rarely been quantified at landscape scale. By combining aircraft-based emission measurements with land cover information, we found mis- or unrepresented emission sources. Our results help in understanding of pollution sources and in improving predictions of air quality in agricultural regions.
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