Revised algorithm for estimating light extinction from IMPROVE particle speciation data

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1326-1336

  Pitchford, Marc ^a   Malm, William ^b   Schichtel, Bret ^b   Kumar, Naresh ^c   Lowenthal, Douglas ^d   Hand, Jenny ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEPHELOMETERS; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; UNITED STATES;

INTERAGENCY MONITORING OF PROTECTED VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS (IMPROVE); MASS CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SPECIATION DATA; PARTICULATE MATTER;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZE; INTERFEROMETER; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEPHELOMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 36348971103     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.11.1326     Document Type: Article

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