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New insights into urban ethanol and oxygenated volatile organic compound sources from combined flux tower and mobile measurements
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Caleb M. Arata
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Eva Y. Pfannerstill
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3): Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50923, Germany
Robert J. Weber
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Haley Byrne
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Michael J. Milazzo
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Samuel J. Cliff
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Joshua Apte
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Department of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Allen H. Goldstein
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are precursors to urban air pollution. We measured VOC emissions in a major North American urban area and identified the dominant sources of four abundant compounds: ethanol, methanol, acetaldehyde, and acetone. Cooking and consumer products (e.g., solvents) were the primary sources, showing that these emissions play a larger role in urban air quality than previously thought.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are precursors to urban air pollution. We measured VOC...
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