Source contributions to visibility impairment in the southeastern and western United States

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1070-1081

  Brewer, Patricia ^a   Moore, Tom ^b  

^a Visibility Improvement: State and Tribal Association of the Southeast   (United States)

^b Western Governors' Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DUST; LIGHT EXTINCTION; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VISIBILITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; REGIONAL HAZE RULE; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZE; NATIONAL PARK; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEGAL ASPECT; LIGHT; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350726355     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.9.1070     Document Type: Article

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