Transport and dispersion during wintertime particulate matter episodes in the san joaquin valley, california

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 961-976

  MacDonald, Clinton P ^a   McCarthy, Michael C ^a   Dye, Timothy S ^a   Wheeler, Neil J M ^a   Hafner, Hilary R ^a   Roberts, Paul T ^a  

^a SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER EVOLUTION; RADAR WIND PROFILER (RWP); SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HYPERBARISM; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; WIND; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; DUST; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; SEASONS; WIND;

EID: 33748336459     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464509     Document Type: Article

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