Fine particulate matter and visibility in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Chemical characterization, trends, and source apportionment

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 953-965

  Green, Mark C ^a   Chen, L W Antony ^a   DuBois, David W ^b   Molenar, John V ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Air Resource Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; FACTORIZATION; FIRES; LAKES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URBAN GROWTH; VISIBILITY; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOL LIGHT EXTINCTION; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; INTERCONTINENTAL TRANSPORT; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RESIDENTIAL WOOD COMBUSTIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; LAKE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY; WINTER;

EID: 84864823275     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2012.690362     Document Type: Article

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