A closure study of extinction apportionment by multiple regression

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 151-158

  De P Vasconcelos, L A ^a   Macias, E S ^a   McMurry, P H ^b   Turpin, B J ^c   White, W H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Estimation; Radiative forcing; Scattering efficiency; Southern California Air Quality Study (SCAQS); Visibility

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EXTINCTION APPORTIONMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CARBON; NITRATE; SULFATE;

LIGHT SCATTERING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; WATER TRANSPORT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035238808     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00273-9     Document Type: Article

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