Air quality impacts from prescribed forest fires under different management practices

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2767-2772

  Tian, Di ^a,e   Wang, Yuhang ^b   Bergin, Michelle ^a,d   Hu, Yongtao ^a   Liu, Yongqiang ^c   Russell, Armistead G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Environmental Protection Division   (United States)

^e Environmental Protection Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; FORESTRY; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY IMPACTS; SMOLDERING EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; BIOFUELS; FORESTRY; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; FOREST FIRE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE; FOREST; FOREST FIRE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; FIRES; FORESTRY; GEORGIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; FORESTRY; OZONE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149086483     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0711213     Document Type: Article

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