Seasonal and regional variations of primary and secondary organic aerosols over the continental United States: Semi-empirical estimates and model evaluation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4690-4697

  Yu, Shaocai ^a,b,c   Bhave, Prakash V ^a,b   Dennis, Robin L ^a,b   Mathur, Rohit ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; MECHANISTIC MODEL; ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

AEROSOLS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEASONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447289348     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061535g     Document Type: Article

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