Particulate Matter in California: Part 1—Intercomparison of Several PM2.5, PM10–2.5, and PM10 Monitoring Networks

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1509-1516

  Motallebi, Nehzat ^a   Taylor, Clinton A ^a   Turkiewicz, Katarzyna ^a   Croes, Bart E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH; SAMPLING;

FEDERAL REFERENCE METHOD (FRM);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA ACID DEPOSITION MONITORING PROGRAM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEDERAL REFERENCE METHOD; HISTORICAL DATA; MASS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0345475385     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2003.10466322     Document Type: Article

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