Quantifying the spatial and temporal variation of ground-level ozone in the rural Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada using nitrite-impregnated passive samplers

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-320

  Gibson, Mark D ^a   Guernsey, Judith R ^a   Beauchamp, Stephen ^b   Waugh, David ^b   Heal, Mathew R ^c   Brook, Jeffrey R ^b   Maher, Robert ^d   Gagnon, Graham A ^a   McPherson, Johnny P ^e   Bryden, Barbara ^e   Gould, Richard ^f   Terashima, Mikiko ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^e Nova Scotia Environment   (Canada)

^f Annapolis Valley Health Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOORS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; RURAL AREAS;

METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL INFLUENCE; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PASSIVE DIFFUSION SAMPLERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STRONG CORRELATION;

LANDFORMS;

NITRITE; OZONE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CANADA; DIFFUSION; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRITES; NOVA SCOTIA; OZONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64549127301     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.3.310     Document Type: Article

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