Analysing the effects of the 2002 McNally fire on air quality in the San Joaquin Valley and southern Sierra Nevada, California

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1065-1075

  Cisneros, Ricardo ^a   Schweizer, Donald ^a   Zhong, Sharon ^b   Hammond, Katharine ^c   Perez, Miguel A ^d   Guo, Qinghua ^e   Traina, Samuel ^e   Bytnerowicz, Andrzej ^f   Bennett, Deborah H ^g  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ozone; particulate matter; smoke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870421707     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF11025     Document Type: Article

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