Estimating the effect of on-road vehicle emission controls on future air quality in Paris, France

Roustan, Y; Pausader, M; Seigneur, C

HERO ID

814010

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Journal Article

Year

2011

Language

English

HERO ID 814010
In Press No
Year 2011
Title Estimating the effect of on-road vehicle emission controls on future air quality in Paris, France
Authors Roustan, Y; Pausader, M; Seigneur, C
Journal Atmospheric Environment
Volume 45
Issue 37
Page Numbers 6828-6836
Abstract Abstract: For several years several vehicle emission control technologies have been developed and introduced to reduce the contribution of road traffic to air pollution. However, this contribution in the Île de France region, around Paris, France, has been estimated to still be significant. We present a modeling study of the effect of the future evolution of traffic emissions on air quality at the urban scale. The aim is to assess the respective contribution of the different processes involved in the nonlinear chemistry of photochemical air pollution (change in emissions and/or chemical behaviour) that explain the observed evolution of concentrations of traffic-related pollutants at monitoring urban background stations. The modeling results suggest that the reduction of NO<sub> x </sub> emissions must be coupled with more stringent measures on NMVOC emissions than those currently planned in the transportation sector to avoid an increase of O<sub>3</sub> concentrations in some densely populated areas. The modeled NO<sub>2</sub> concentrations in Paris reach a maximum in 2010 due to an increase of the NO<sub>2</sub> emissions related to the evolution of the NO<sub>2</sub>/NO<sub> x </sub> ratio of the Diesel vehicle emissions. The reduction of PM emissions leads to a non-proportional decrease in PM concentrations, which results mostly from the decrease in Diesel particulate emissions.
Doi 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.010
Wosid WOS:000296934800024
Url http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1352231010008721
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Language Text English
Keyword EMISSIONS (Air pollution);AIR quality;PHOTOCHEMISTRY;ATMOSPHERIC ozone;PARTICULATE matter;ATMOSPHERIC nitrogen dioxide;ATMOSPHERIC models;PARIS (France);FRANCE
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