Approaching cumulative effects through air pollution modelling

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 214, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 253-273

  Krzyzanowski, Judi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AERMOD; Air quality standards; Critical loads; Cumulative impacts; Sulphur and nitrogen oxides; Upstream oil and gas

Indexed keywords

AERMOD; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; CRITICAL LOAD; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; OIL AND GAS; SULPHUR AND NITROGEN OXIDES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SULFUR;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CRITICAL LOAD; MODELING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PREDICTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 78650620976     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0421-1     Document Type: Article

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