Apportionment of ambient primary and secondary pollutantsduring a 2001 summer study in pittsburgh using U.S. environmental protection agency UNMIX

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1301-1319

  Anderson, Richard R ^a   Martello, Donald V ^a   Lucas, Leonard J ^b   Eatough, Delbert J ^c   Modey, William K ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CITY; DUST; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GOVERNMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELD STUDY; GAS ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PENNSYLVANIA; POWER PLANTS; SULFATES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; NONVOLATILE ORGANIC MATERIAL (NVOM); SECONDARY POLLUTANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC MATERIAL (VOM);

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 33750619785     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464581     Document Type: Article

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