Toward the next generation of air quality monitoring indicators

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 561-570

  Hsu, Angel ^a   Reuben, Aaron ^b   Shindell, Drew ^c   de Sherbinin, Alex ^d   Levy, Marc ^d  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Indicators; Mercury; Ozone; Particulate matter; Persistent Organic Pollutants

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION IMPACT; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MODELING AND MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BRIDGES; ECOLOGY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MERCURY (METAL); OZONE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MERCURY; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; STAKEHOLDER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84885181924     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.036     Document Type: Article

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