The effect of meteorological and chemical factors on the agreement between observations and predictions of fine aerosol composition in southwestern Ontario during BAQS-Met

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3195-3210

  Markovic, M Z ^a   Hayden, K L ^b   Murphy, J G ^a   Makar, P A ^b   Ellis, R A ^a   Y W Chang, R ^a   Slowik, J G ^a,c   Mihele, C ^b   Brook, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 79953763347     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3195-2011     Document Type: Article

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