Analysis of source regions for smoke events in Singapore for the 2009 El Nino burning season

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-230

  Atwood, Samuel A ^a   Reid, Jeffrey S ^b   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a   Yu, Liya E ^c   Salinas, Santo V ^c   Chew, Boon Ning ^c   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^c  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aerosol transport; Air quality; Biomass burning; Maritime Continent; Receptor modeling; Summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEFORESTATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEA LEVEL; WETLANDS;

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS-BURNING; MARITIME CONTINENT; RECEPTOR MODEL; SUMMER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO; MARITIME BOUNDARY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SMOKE; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; DEFORESTATION; EL NINO; GRAVIMETRY; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PEATLAND; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SINGAPORE; SMOKE; TROPOSPHERE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84882700774     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.047     Document Type: Article

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