Sources and transport of black carbon at the California-Mexico border

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 490-499

  Shores, Christopher A ^a   Klapmeyer, Michael E ^a   Quadros, Marina E ^a   Marr, Linsey C ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Border; Elemental carbon; Emissions carbon monoxide; Mexico; Trajectory analysis; United states

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BLACK CARBON; BORDER; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ME-XICO; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; BORDER REGION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BLACK CARBON EMISSION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN DIEGO; TIJUANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877109451     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.04.031     Document Type: Article

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