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Research article
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28 May 2024
Research article |
| 28 May 2024
| 28 May 2024
The impact of multi-decadal changes in VOC speciation on urban ozone chemistry: a case study in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Jianghao Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
School of Water and Environment, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
Alastair C. Lewis
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Jim R. Hopkins
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Stephen J. Andrews
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Tim Murrells
Ricardo Energy and Environment, Gemini Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Oxon OX11 0QR, UK
Neil Passant
Ricardo Energy and Environment, Gemini Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Oxon OX11 0QR, UK
Ben Richmond
Ricardo Energy and Environment, Gemini Building, Fermi Avenue, Harwell, Oxon OX11 0QR, UK
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
William J. Bloss
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Roy M. Harrison
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80208, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Zongbo Shi
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Short summary
A summertime ozone event at an urban site in Birmingham is sensitive to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) – particularly those of oxygenated VOCs. The roles of anthropogenic VOC sources in urban ozone chemistry are examined by integrating the 1990–2019 national atmospheric emission inventory into model scenarios. Road transport remains the most powerful means of further reducing ozone in this case study, but the benefits may be offset if solvent emissions of VOCs continue to increase.
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