Biomass burning and urban air pollution over the Central Mexican Plateau

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4929-4944

  Crounse, J D ^a   DeCarlo, P F ^b,i   Blake, D R ^c   Emmons, L K ^d   Campos, T L ^d   Apel, E C ^d   Clarke, A D ^e   Weinheimer, A J ^d   McCabe, D C ^g,j   Yokelson, R J ^f   Jimenez, J L ^b   Wennberg, P O ^g,h  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h California Institute of Technology   (United States)

ⁱ PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^j U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CYANIDE; DRY SEASON; EMISSION; OZONE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 67849104273     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-4929-2009     Document Type: Article

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