Reconciliation and Interpretation of the Big Bend National Park Light Extinction Source Apportionment: Results from the Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observational Study—Part II

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1726-1732

  Pitchford, Marc L ^a   Schichtel, Bret A ^b   Gebhart, Kristi A ^b   Barna, Michael G ^b   Malm, William C ^b   Tombach, Ivar H ^c   Knipping, Eladio M ^d  

^a NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Consultant ^*  (United States)

^d ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BUDGET CONTROL; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARKS; SULFATE MINERALS; VISIBILITY;

BUDGET ASSESSMENT; HAZE; PARTICULATE SULFATE; SEASONAL CYCLES;

LIGHT EXTINCTION;

ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MASS; MEXICO; NATIONAL PARK; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY;

EID: 30544440531     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464766     Document Type: Article

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