William
P. L. Carter
Research Chemist
Air Pollution Research Center and
College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research
and Technology
University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Mailing Address: CE-CERT, University of California, Riverside CA 92521
Street Address: CE-CERT, 1084 Columbia Ave, Riverside, CA 92507
Phone: (951) 788-8425
FAX: (951) 781-5790
E-mail: carter@cert.ucr.edu
Research Interests
Dr. Carter's research concerns the gas-phase atmospheric reactions of
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the assessment of differences among
VOCs in their contributions to ozone formation in the atmosphere (their
reactivities). This includes development of chemical mechanisms for airshed
models (the portions of the models which predict transformation of pollutants
in the atmosphere), evaluating these mechanisms using environmental chamber
data, utilizing airshed models to develop ozone reactivity ranking scales
for VOCs, and conducting environmental chamber experiments to test the
mechanisms and evaluate VOC reactivities. Chemical mechanisms and VOC reactivity
scales he developed are used by a number of research groups and control
agencies. Dr. Carter has also developed an improved indoor environmental
chamber facility for chemical mechanism evaluation at low pollutant concentrations.
This is now being used for research related to VOC reactivity, chemical
mechanism evaluation, and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. Dr.
Carter is author or co-author of approximately 75 journal articles and
approximately 70 technical reports in the areas of atmospheric chemistry,
chemical mechanism development, and VOC reactivity assessment.
Selected Publications (see also Downloadable
Documents for technical reports)
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W. P. L. Carter. Development of the SAPRC-07 Chemical Mechanism and Updated
Ozone Reactivity Scales," Final report to the California Air Resources
Board Contract No. 03-318. May 28 (2008). Available at www.cert.ucr.edu/~carter/SAPRC.
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W. P. L. Carter, D. R. Cocker III, D. R. Fitz, I. L. Malkina, K. Bumiller,
C. G. Sauer, J. T. Pisano, C. Bufalino, and Chen Song. "A New Environmental
Chamber for Evaluation of Gas-Phase Chemical Mechanisms and Secondary Aerosol
Formation," Atmos. Environ, 39 7768–7788 (2005).
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W. P. L. Carter. Documentation of the SAPRC-99
Chemical Mechanism for VOC Reactivity Assessment. Final Report to California
Air Resources Board Contract No. 92-329, and 95-308. May (2000).
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L. J. Wang, B. Milford, and W. P. L. Carter. "Reactivity Estimates for
Aromatic Compounds 1. Uncertainty in Chamber-Derived Parameters," Atmos.
Environ., 34, 4337-4348, (2000)
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W. P. L. Carter, and R. Atkinson, "Development and Evaluation of a Detailed
Mechanism for the Atmospheric Reactions of Isoprene and NOx,"International
Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 28, 497-530 (1996)
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W. P. L. Carter, "Computer Modeling of Environmental Chamber Studies of
Maximum Incremental Reactivities of Volatile Organic Compounds," Atmospheric
Environment, 29, 2513-2527, (1995)
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W.P.L. Carter, J.A. Pierce, D. Luo, and I.L. Malkina, "Environmental Chamber
Studies of Maximum Incremental Reactivities of Volatile Organic Compounds,"
Atmospheric
Environment, 29, 2499-2511, (1995)
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W.P.L. Carter, "Development of Ozone Reactivity Scales for Volatile Organic
Compounds," Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association,
44,
881-899, (1994)
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W.P.L. Carter and F.W. Lurmann, "Evaluation of a Detailed Gas Phase Atmospheric
Reaction Mechanism Using Environmental Chamber Data,"
Atmos. Environ.,
25A,
2771-2806 (1991)
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W.P.L. Carter, "A Detailed Mechanism for the Gas-Phase Atmospheric Reactions
of Organic Compounds," Atmos. Environ., 24A, 481-518 (1990)
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Other Publications
Related Internet Sites Maintained by W. P. L. Carter