Table 1.
Emitted molar ratio of CO:NOx | Emitted domain-wide mass (1,000 tons) | ||||
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Tag | Description | Seven countiesa | Domain wide | CO | NOxb |
EGU | Electrical generating units at power plants | 0.3 | 0.5 | 7 | 23 |
NONEGU | Point sources other than power plants | 11.5 | 2.2 | 12 | 9 |
NONPT | Nonpoint area sources | 2.9 | 4.5 | 10 | 4 |
OILGAS | Oil and gas operations (point and area sources) | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2 | 3 |
NONROAD | Nonroad mobile equipment such as construction equipment and lawn and garden equipment | 21.9 | 19.4 | 222 | 19 |
ONGAS | On-road vehicles powered by gasoline | 13.8 | 13.7 | 199 | 24 |
ONDIESL | On-road vehicles powered by diesel fuel | 1.0 | 0.8 | 10 | 20 |
ONOTHER | On-road vehicles powered by other fuels | 20.7 | 21.5 | 7 | 0.5 |
MARINE | Commercial marine vessels (C1, C2, and C3 classes of vessels) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 10 |
BIOGEN | Biogenic emissions from vegetation and agricultural soil | 16.3c | 20.9c | 43 | 3 |
PTFIRE | Wildland fires (prescribed and wildfires) | 102.3 | 87.5 | 11 | 0.2 |
OTHR | All other emissions sources within the model domain | 44.7 | 63.0 | 0.5 | 0.01 |
BCON | Boundary conditions representing lateral inflow from sources outside of the modeling domain | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ICON | Initial conditions | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Note. DISCOVER-AQ = Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality.
Ratio of CO:NOx calculated for emissions in the seven Maryland counties covered by the DISCOVER-AQ flight track: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Cecil, Harford, Howard, and Prince George.
Emitting NOx mass is calculated assuming all NOx in the form of NO2.
Ratios from the BIOGEN source category include NO emissions from soil in agricultural areas and CO emissions from vegetation (predominantly trees), so this ratio does not represent co-emitted CO and NOx from the same sources.