Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Question:
Why were you not seeing high ozone concentrations due to wildfire
plumes?
Answer:
First, the simulations presented did not include wildfire emissions. Second,
it appears that wildfires in California did not have high NOx concentrations at
the time of the measurement. But, wildfires were strong emitters of volatile
organic compounds (VOC). It is possible that the lack of NOx resulted in low
concentrations of ozone. But, further analyses of measurements are needed to
exclude other plausible explanations.