Aircraft Emissions’ Contributions to Organic Aerosols in a Regional Air Quality Model using the Volatility Basis Set
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A framework that employs the Volatility Basis Set (VBS) within the Community Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) was applied to predict organic aerosol concentrations from aircraft emissions. This framework was further expanded to include the formation of secondary organic aerosols from semi and intermediate volatile organic compounds which are traditionally missing from emission inventories used in air quality models. Results indicated that CMAQ with VBS predicted similar total contributions to fine particulate matter compared to CMAQ without VBS but with variations in the composition of organic species.
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