Seasonal and diurnal analysis of NO2 concentrations from a long-duration study conducted in Las Vegas, Nevada

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 934-942

  Kimbrough, Evelyn S ^a   Baldauf, Richard W ^a   Watkins, Nealson ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; NITROGEN OXIDES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION; AMBIENT TEMPERATURE CHANGE; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; LOW WIND SPEED CONDITION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881329575     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.795919     Document Type: Article

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