Forest fire enhanced photochemical air pollution. A case study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 673-681

  Cheng, L ^a   Mcdonald, K M ^b   Angle, R P ^a   Sandhu, H S ^a  

^a ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air quality; Forest fire; Ozone; Photochemical smog; Urban and rural pollution

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRES; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FIRES; GAS EMISSIONS; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOREST FIRE; PHOTOCHEMICAL POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; FIRE; FOREST; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

CANADA, ALBERTA, EDMONTON;

EID: 0032005357     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00319-1     Document Type: Article

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