Assessing boreal forest fire smoke aerosol impacts on U.S. air quality: A case study using multiple data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Miller, David J ^a   Sun, Kang ^a   Zondlo, Mark A ^a   Kanter, David ^b   Dubovik, Oleg ^c   Welton, Ellsworth Judd ^d   Winker, David M ^e   Ginoux, Paul ^f  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SMOKE;

AERONET; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL PLUME; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS-BURNING; BOREAL FORESTS; CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; DATA SETS; EAST COAST; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FIRE EVENT; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GROUND BASED; HIGH PRESSURE; IN-SITU; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MULTIPLE DATA; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; REGIONAL HAZE; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SMALL GROUPS; SMOKE AEROSOLS; SMOKE EMISSION; SMOKE PLUME; SOURCE REGION; SPACEBORNE REMOTE SENSING; SUMMER FIRES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; DATA SET; FOREST FIRE; LONG RANGE FORECAST; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIR; SMOKE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755184752     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016170     Document Type: Article

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