Meteorological and environmental aspects of one of the worst national air pollution episodes (January, 2004) in Logan, Cache Valley, Utah, USA

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-122

  Malek, Esmaiel ^a   Davis, Tess ^a   Martin, Randal S ^b   Silva, Philip J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cache Valley; Inversion; Meteorology; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOLAR RADIATION; WIND;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; UTAH, USA;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

LOGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 30544436538     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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