Effect of the shutdown of a coal-fired power plant on urban ultrafine particles and other pollutants

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1245-1249

  Wang, Yungang ^a   Hopke, Philip K ^a   Chalupa, David C ^b   Utell, Mark J ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION DATA; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY FUNCTION; GASEOUS SPECIES; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION; NEW YORK; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION LEVEL; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; SIZE RANGES; STUDY AREAS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COAL; ENERGY RESOURCES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

COAL FUELED FURNACES;

COAL; NATURAL GAS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COAL FIRED POWER PLANT; ENERGY RESOURCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861955987     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2011.588730     Document Type: Article

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