Regional visibility statistics in the United States: Natural and transboundary pollution influences, and implications for the Regional Haze Rule

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 28, 2006, Pages 5405-5423

  Park, Rokjin J ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^b   Yantosca, Robert M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; IMPROVE; Regional Haze Rule; Transboundary pollution transport; Visibility degradation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

REGIONAL HAZE RULE; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION TRANSPORT; VISIBILITY DEGRADATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HAZE; POLLUTION POLICY; VISIBILITY; WILDERNESS AREA;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FIRE; POLICY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL HAZE RULE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746885818     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.04.059     Document Type: Article

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