Air toxic emissions from snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 222-228

  Zhou, Yong ^a   Shively, David ^b   Mao, Huiting ^a   Russo, Rachel S ^a   Pape, Bruce ^c   Mower, Richard N ^c   Talbot, Robert ^a   Sive, Barkley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR TOXICS; AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; ANNUAL FLUX; BENZENE , TOLUENE , ETHYLBENZENE , AND XYLENES; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; N-HEXANE; NON-ROAD; O-XYLENE; SAMPLING PERIOD; TIME PERIODS; TOXIC EMISSIONS; TWO-STROKE ENGINE; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ETHYLBENZENE; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEXANE; PARKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTION;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXANE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; EXHAUST EMISSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NATIONAL PARK; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

MOTOR VEHICLES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RECREATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WYOMING;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 75349086182     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9018578     Document Type: Article

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