Optical measurements of aerosol size distributions in great smoky mountains national park: Dry aerosol characterization

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 665-676

  Ames, Rodger B ^a   Hand, Jenny L ^a   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a   Day, Derek E ^b   Malm, William C ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPOSITION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); LIGHT EXTINCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AEROSOL DENSITY; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034189306     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2000.10464128     Document Type: Article

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