A comparison of fine particle and aerosol strong acidity at the interface zone (1540 m) and within (452 m) the planetary boundary layer of the Great Gulf and Presidential-Dry River Class I Wildernesses on the Presidential Range, New Hampshire USA

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 22-23, 2009, Pages 3605-3613

  Murray, Georgia L D ^a   Kimball, Kenneth ^a   Bruce Hill, L ^b   Allen, George A ^c   Wolfson, Jack M ^d   Pszenny, Alex ^e,f   Seidel, Thomas ^f   Doddridge, Bruce G ^g   Boris, Alexandra ^f  

^a Appalachian Mountain Club   (United States)

^b Clean Air Task Force   (United States)

^c Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f Mount Washington Observatory   (United States)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol acidity; Class I Areas; Fine particulates; Planetary boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC AEROSOLS; ACIDIC DEPOSITION; AEROSOL MASS; AEROSOL SULFATE; AIR MASS; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; CLASS I; CLASS I AREAS; CLEAN AIR ACT; FINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICULATES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LONG DISTANCES; MASS CONCENTRATION; MOUNT WASHINGTON; NATIONAL FORESTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PAIRED SAMPLE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SAMPLING INTERVAL; STANDARD TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; STRONG CORRELATION; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE ION; VISIBILITY DEGRADATION;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AMMONIA; SULFATE;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIANS; MOUNT WASHINGTON; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [APPALACHIANS];

EID: 70249105011     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.03.060     Document Type: Article

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