Influence of background particulate matter (PM) on Urban air quality in the Pacific Northwest

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 333-340

  Timonen, H ^a,b   Wigder, N ^c   Jaffe, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Asian long range transport; Fine particulate matter; Free troposphere

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ASIAN LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GROUND STATIONS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NORTHWEST US; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AIR QUALITY; WASHINGTON;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FRACTIONATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AIR QUALITY; ASIAN LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FREE TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OREGON; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84882965684     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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