Impact of smoke from biomass burning on air quality in rural communities in southern Australia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3944-3953

  Reisen, Fabienne ^a   Meyer, C P Mick ^a   McCaw, Lachie ^b   Powell, Jennifer C ^a   Tolhurst, Kevin ^c   Keywood, Melita D ^a   Gras, John L ^a  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Levoglucosan; Ozone; PM2.5; Prescribed burns; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; AUSTRALIA; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; BIOMASS-BURNING; ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; FOREST WILDFIRES; HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LEVOGLUCOSAN; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; PRESCRIBED BURN; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRESCRIBED FIRES; RURAL COMMUNITY; RURAL LOCATIONS; SEA SALTS; STUBBLE BURNING; VENTILATION RATE; WILDFIRES;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MONITORING; OZONE; POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS; SMOKE; VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY;

LEVOGLUCOSAN; OXALIC ACID; OZONE; POTASSIUM;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDOOR AIR; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKE; STUBBLE; VENTILATION; WILDFIRE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIRE; GRAVIMETRY; HOUSE DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79959518032     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.060     Document Type: Article

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