Pittsburgh air quality study overview

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3107-3125

  Wittig, Ann E ^a   Anderson, Natalie ^b   Khlystov, Andrei Y ^c   Pandis, Spyros N ^b   Davidson, Cliff ^b   Robinson, Allen L ^b  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; PAQS; Supersite

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATOMOSPHERIC AEROSOL MONITORING; MODELING; ORGANIC CARBON; PITTSBURGH;

ATMOSPHERICS;

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EXHAUST GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VOLUMETRY;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442474090     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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