Assessing public perception of visibility for standard setting exercises

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2705-2716

  Pryor, S C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perception; Southwestern British Columbia; Visibility standards; Visual air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CANADA; LIGHT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISIBILITY;

AIR QUALITY; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; VISIBILITY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER VALLEY;

AIR QUALITY; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STANDARDS; SURVEYS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL AIR QUALITY; VISUAL RANGE;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 0029663317     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00365-7     Document Type: Article

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