Real-time carbon and sulfate measurements from the MANE-VU Rural Aerosol Intensive Network (RAIN): Design, methods and early data

Regional and Global Perspectives on Haze

Volumn 134 VIP, Issue , 2004, Pages 303-322

  Allen, George A ^a   Goodwin, Bradley P ^b   Turner, Jay R ^b  

^a NESCAUM   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol modeling; IMPROVE; MANE VU; PM2.5; Regional haze; Regional transport; Rural Aerosol Intensive Network (RAIN); SO2, SO4; Sulfur dioxide, Sulfate; Sunset Laboratories continuous aerosol carbon; Thermo Electron continuous sulfate; Visibility

Indexed keywords

PM2.5; REGIONAL HAZE; RURAL AEROSOL INTENSIVE NETWORK (RAIN); SO2, SO4; SULFATES; SUNSET LABORATORIES CONTINUOUS AEROSOL CARBON; THERMO ELECTRON CONTINUOUS SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VISIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 27944496468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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