Forest fire effects on air quality in Ontario: Evaluation of several recent examples

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1059-1064

  Dempsey, Frank ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIRES; AIR MONITORING NETWORKS; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICULATES; FORECASTING METHODS; OZONE POLLUTION; POTENTIAL EFFECTS;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; FORECASTING;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; ONTARIO;

EID: 84880902473     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00202.1     Document Type: Article

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