Effect of distance, meteorology, and burn attributes on ground-level particulate matter emissions from prescribed fires

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-211

  Pearce, J L ^a   Rathbun, S ^a   Achtemeier, G ^b   Naeher, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Generalized additive models; Mixed models; Particulate matter; Prescribed burning; Smoke

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR MONITORS; BURN SIZE; COVARIATES; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; GROUND-LEVEL; IN-LINE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MIXED-MODELS; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; PRESCRIBED BURN; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; TIME-INTEGRATED MONITORING; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FIELD;

AIR POLLUTION; FUNCTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SMOKE;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SMOKE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861647883     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.056     Document Type: Article

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