Air quality impacts of the October 2003 Southern California wildfires

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Phuleria, Harish C ^a   Fine, Philip M ^a   Zhu, Yifang ^b   Sioutas, Constantinos ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30344433710     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004626     Document Type: Article

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