Effects of wind erosion, off-road vehicular activity, atmospheric conditions and the proximity of a metropolitan area on PM10 characteristics in a recreational site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-107

  Goossens, Dirk ^a,b   Buck, Brenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diurnal patterns; Dust; Dust concentration; Las Vegas; PM10; Seasonal patterns

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL PATTERN; DUST CONCENTRATION; LAS VEGAS; PM10; SEASONAL PATTERNS;

DUST; EROSION; LANDFORMS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; GRAIN SIZE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; VEHICLE COMPONENT; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DUST; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WIND EROSION;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449231246     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.046     Document Type: Article

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