Investigations on meteorological conditions for elevated PM2.5 in Fairbanks, Alaska

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-49

  Tran, Huy N Q ^a   Mölders, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality in high latitudes; Alaska; Multiday inversions; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; DEGREE OF STABILITY; DOMESTIC HEATING; EMISSION RATES; FAIRBANKS , ALASKA; HIGH LATITUDES; INVERSION CONDITIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MULTIDAY INVERSIONS; NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PM2.5; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; VAPOR EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA INVERSION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649498002     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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