A concerted effort to understand the ambient particulate matter in the Lower Fraser Valley: The Pacific 2001 Air Quality Study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 34, 2004, Pages 5719-5731

  Li, Shao Meng ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air pollution; Air quality; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LANDFORMS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

BIOGENIC EMISSIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS;

AIR QUALITY;

OZONE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION; FOREST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRAFFIC;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4644231979     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.04.038     Document Type: Article

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