Implications of ammonia emissions for fine aerosol formation and visibility impairment - A case study from the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-352

  Barthelmie, R J ^a,b   Pryor, S C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonia emissions; Ammonium aerosol; Secondary inorganic aerosols

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

AMMONIUM AEROSOLS; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITROGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL; EMISSION INVENTORY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISIBILITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER VALLEY;

EID: 0032006808     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)83466-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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