Continuous measurement of fine and ultrafine particulate matter, criteria pollutants and meteorological conditions in urban El Paso, Texas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 827-840

  Noble, Christopher A ^a   Mukerjee, Shaibal ^b   Gonzales, Melissa ^c,e   Rodes, Charles E ^a   Lawless, Philip A ^a   Natarajan, Sanjay ^a   Myers, Eric A ^a,f   Norris, Gary A ^b   Smith, Luther ^d   Özkaynak, Halûk ^b   Neas, Lucas M ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Stryker Biotech   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Fine particles; Particle number concentration; Ultrafine particles; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

POLLUTANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WIND;

EL PASO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346033443     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00935-4     Document Type: Article

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