The national ambient air monitoring strategy: Rethinking the role of national networks

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-590

  Scheffe, Richard D ^a   Solomon, Paul A ^a   Husar, Rudolf ^b   Hanley, Tim ^a   Schmidt, Mark ^a   Koerber, Michael ^c   Gilroy, Michael ^d   Hemby, James ^a   Watkins, Nealson ^a   Papp, Michael ^a   Rice, Joann ^a   Tikvart, Joe ^a   Valentinetti, Ricard ^e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium   (United States)

^d Puget Sound Clean Air Agency   (United States)

^e Vermont Agency of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; INCLUSIONS; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; AMBIENT AIR MONITORING; ELEMENTAL AND ORGANIC CARBONS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS; NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 67249142025     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.5.579     Document Type: Article

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