Changes in the frequency and return level of high ozone pollution events over the eastern United States following emission controls

Changes in the frequency and return level of high ozone pollution events over the eastern United States following emission controls

In order to quantify the impact of recent efforts to abate surface ozone (O _3 ) pollution, we analyze changes in the frequency and return level of summertime (JJA) high surface O _3 events over the eastern United States (US) from 1988–1998 to 1999–2009. We apply methods from extreme value theory (E...

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Main Authors: H E Rieder, A M Fiore, L M Polvani, J-F Lamarque, Y Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
92.60.hf
92.60.Sz
92.70.Cp
89.60.-k
ozone
air pollution
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014012

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