Impact of primary formaldehyde on air pollution in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area by Lei, Wenfang, de Foy, B., Molina, Mario J., Molina, Luisa Tan, Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel, Volkamer, R. A.

“…The Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) is characterized by high anthropogenic emissions of HCHO (primary HCHO), which together with photochemical production of HCHO from hydrocarbon oxidation (secondary HCHO), lead to high ambient HCHO levels. …”
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Evaluation of the volatility basis-set approach for the simulation of organic aerosol formation in the Mexico City metropolitan area by Tsimpidi, A. P., Karydis, V. A., Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel, Lei, Wenfang, Molina, Luisa Tan, Ulbrich, I. M., Jimenez, J. L., Pandis, S. N.

“…The resulting PMCAMx-2008 was applied in Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) for approximately a week during April of 2003. …”
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Evaluation of WRF mesoscale simulations and particle trajectory analysis for the MILAGRO field campaign by de Foy, B., Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel, Bei, Naifang, Molina, Luisa Tan

“…Accurate numerical simulations of the complex wind flows in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) can be an invaluable tool for interpreting the MILAGRO field campaign results. …”
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Hit from both sides: tracking industrial and volcanic plumes in Mexico City with surface measurements and OMI SO2 retrievals during the MILAGRO field campaign by de Foy, B., Krotkov, N. A., Bei, Naifang, Herndon, S. C., Huey, L. G., Martinez, A.-P., Ruiz-Suarez, L. G., Wood, E. C., Molina, Luisa Tan, Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel

“…Large sulfur dioxide plumes were measured in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) during the MILAGRO field campaign. …”
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Modeled and observed ozone sensitivity to mobile-source emissions in Mexico City by Molina, Mario J., Lei, Wenfang, Molina, Luisa Tan, Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel

“…The emission characteristics of mobile sources in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) have changed significantly over the past few decades in response to emission control policies, advancements in vehicle technologies and improvements in fuel quality, among others. …”
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An overview of the MILAGRO 2006 Campaign: Mexico City emissions and their transport and transformation by Molina, Luisa Tan, Madronich, S., Gaffney, J. S., Apel, E., de Foy, B., Fast, J., Ferrare, R. A., Herndon, S. C., Jimenez, J. L., Lamb, B. K., Osornio-Vargas, A. R., Russell, P., Schauer, J. J., Stevens, P. S., Volkamer, R., Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel

“…The Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) – one of the world's largest megacities and North America's most populous city – was selected as the case study to characterize the sources, concentrations, transport, and transformation processes of the gases and fine particles emitted to the MCMA atmosphere and to evaluate the regional and global impacts of these emissions. …”
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Application of positive matrix factorization to on-road measurements for source apportionment of diesel- and gasoline-powered vehicle emissions in Mexico City by Thornhill, D. A., Williams, A. E., Onasch, T. B., Wood, E., Herndon, S. C., Kolb, Charles E., Knighton, W. Berk, Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel, Molina, Luisa Tan, Marr, L. C.

“…The goal of this research is to quantify diesel- and gasoline-powered motor vehicle emissions within the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) using on-road measurements captured by a mobile laboratory combined with positive matrix factorization (PMF) receptor modeling. …”
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Evaluation of mobile emissions contributions to Mexico City's emissions inventory using on-road and cross-road emission measurements and ambient data by Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel, Herndon, S. C., Wood, E. C., Onasch, T. B., Knighton, W. Berk, Kolb, Charles E., Molina, Luisa Tan

“…Mobile emissions represent a significant fraction of the total anthropogenic emissions burden in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) and, therefore, it is crucial to use top-down techniques informed by on-road exhaust measurements to evaluate and improve traditional bottom-up official emissions inventory (EI) for the city. …”
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Sources and production of organic aerosol in Mexico City: insights from the combination of a chemical transport model (PMCAMx-2008) and measurements by Tsimpidi, A. P., Karydis, V. A., Bei, Naifang, Pandis, S. N., Lei, Wenfang, Molina, Luisa Tan, Zavala-Perez, Miguel Angel

“…In this study the three-dimensional chemical transport model PMCAMx-2008 is used to investigate the temporal and geographic variability of organic aerosol in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) during the MILAGRO campaign that took place in the spring of 2006. …”
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