Simulation of summer-time diurnal bacterial dynamics in the atmospheric surface layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 14-15, 1998, Pages 2491-2496

  Lighthart, Bruce ^a   Kirilenko, Andrei ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; Bacteria; Mixed layer; Residual layer; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BACTERIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR RADIATION;

DYNAMIC NULL DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROBIOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BOUNDARY LAYER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032145423     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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