Effect of power plant emission reductions on a nearby wilderness area: A case study in northwestern Colorado

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 7081-7095

  Mast, M Alisa ^a   Ely, Daniel ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Daniel Ely LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric deposition; Lake chemistry; Mount Zirkel Wilderness; NOx emissions; SO2 emissions; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION; LAKE CHEMISTRY; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; MOUNT ZIRKEL WILDERNESS; NOX EMISSIONS; VISIBILITY DEGRADATION;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COAL; DEPOSITION; EMISSION CONTROL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VISIBILITY; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

LAKE WATER; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DEGRADATION; DUST; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WILDERNESS AREA;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZE; HUMIDITY; LAKE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK; UNITED STATES; VISIBILITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WILDERNESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; COAL; COLORADO; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POWER PLANTS; WILDERNESS;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881158683     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3086-6     Document Type: Article

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