Wintertime vertical variations in particulate matter (PM)and precursor concentrations in the san joaquin valley during the california regional coarse PM/fine PM air quality study

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1267-1277

  Brown, Steven G ^a   Roberts, Paul T ^a   McCarthy, Michael C ^a   Lurmann, Frederick W ^a   Hyslop, Nicole P ^b  

^a SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BLACK CARBON; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; PARTICULATE MATTER (PM); SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY (SJV);

AIR QUALITY;

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; CARBON;

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL VARIATION; WIND; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS;

EID: 33750630905     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464583     Document Type: Article

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