Characteristics of airborne ultrafine and coarse particles during the Australian dust storm of 23 September 2009

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3996-4001

  Jayaratne, E R ^a   Johnson, G R ^a   McGarry, P ^a   Cheung, H C ^a   Morawska, L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dust storm; Particle concentration; Particle size; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; COARSE PARTICLES; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST STORM; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LOG-NORMAL; MEAN DIAMETER; MODAL MASS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICULATE MASS; POWER-LAW; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SIZE RANGES; TOTAL MASS; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE NUMBER; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE SIZES; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

AIR QUALITY; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VISIBILITY;

STORMS;

IRON;

DUST STORM; PARTICLE SETTLING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VISIBILITY;

ACCURACY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST STORM; LIGHT SCATTERING; MASS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT LAKE; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 79959528669     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.059     Document Type: Article

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