Impact of Canadian wildfire smoke on air quality at two rural sites in NY State

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2028-2033

  Dutkiewicz, Vincent A ^a,b   Husain, Liaquat ^a,b   Roychowdhury, Utpal K ^b   Demerjian, Kenneth L ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality; Black carbon; Carbon monoxide; Fine particulate matter; Wildfire smoke

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; CO CONCENTRATIONS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN SEA LEVEL; NEW YORK; RURAL SITE; TEMPORAL PROFILE; WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN; WILDFIRE SMOKE; WOOD SMOKE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FIRES; FOG; SEA LEVEL; SMOKE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL AREA; SEA LEVEL; SMOKE; WILDFIRE;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; FIRE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

CANADA;

EID: 79952444044     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.072     Document Type: Article

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