Aerosol physical, chemical and optical properties during the Rocky Mountain Airborne Nitrogen and Sulfur study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1932-1939

  Levin, E J T ^a   Kreidenweis, S M ^a   McMeeking, G R ^a   Carrico, C M ^a   Collett Jr , J L ^a   Malm, W C ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote aerosol composition; Remote aerosol concentrations; Rocky Mountain National Park air quality; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZERS; AEROSOL SCATTERINGS; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AVERAGE VOLUMES; COMPOSITION DATUM; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZERS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; MIE THEORIES; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; REMOTE AEROSOL COMPOSITION; REMOTE AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AIR QUALITY; TIME PERIODS; VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; GAS DYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDFORMS; NEPHELOMETERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARKS; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60249086635     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.12.042     Document Type: Article

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