Levoglucosan and dehydroabietic acid: Evidence of biomass burning impact on aerosols in the Lower Fraser Valley

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2721-2734

  Leithead, Amy ^a   Li, Shao Meng ^a   Hoff, Ray ^b   Cheng, Yu ^a   Brook, Jeff ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Organic carbon; PM2.5; Satellite; Smoke plume; Transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON; FORESTRY; INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT; RURAL AREAS;

DEHYDROABIETIC ACID (DHAA),; FOREST FIRE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; ORGANIC CARBON; PM2.5; SMOKE PLUME; TRANSPORT;

BIOMASS;

DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; LEVO GLUCOSAN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS; EMISSION; FOREST; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; PLUME; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FOREST; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645787985     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.09.084     Document Type: Article

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