The effects of scrubber installation at the navajo generating station on particulate sulfur and visibility levels in the grand canyon

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1675-1682

  Green, Mark ^a   Farber, Rob ^b   Lien, Nghi ^b   Gebhart, Kristi ^c   Molenar, John ^d   Iyer, Hari ^e   Eatough, Delbert ^f  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d Air Resource Specialists   (United States)

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

^f BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTALLATION; MONITORING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VISIBILITY;

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; PARTICULATE SULFUR; TRACER SOURCES; VISIBILITY PROTECTION;

SCRUBBERS;

SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOG; NATIONAL PARK; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUBBER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY; WINTER;

EID: 30544453472     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464759     Document Type: Article

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