Measurement system evaluation for upwind/downwind sampling of fugitive dust emissions

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-350

  Watson, John G ^a,b   Chow, Judith C ^a,b   Chen, Li ^a   Wang, Xiaoliang ^a   Merrifield, Thomas M ^c   Fine, Philip M ^d   Barker, Ken ^e  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c BGI Inc   (United States)

^d SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^e Sully Miller Contracting Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Fence line; Fugitive dust; PM 10; Sand gravel operations; Upwind downwind sampling

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; CONTINUOUS DATA; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; DUST LOADING; DUSTTRAK; FEDERAL REFERENCE METHODS; FUGITIVE DUST; FUGITIVE DUST EMISSIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTEGRATED FILTER; LOCAL EMISSIONS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; NONUNIFORMITY; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; SIZE RANGES; SIZE-SELECTIVE; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; UPWIND/DOWNWIND SAMPLING;

DUST CONTROL; INLET FLOW; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; RADIATION COUNTERS; RATING; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

FLOW RATE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; SAMPLER; SAND AND GRAVEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED LOAD; VOLUME;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960443577     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.03.0028     Document Type: Article

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