The role of dust storms in total atmospheric particle concentrations at two sites in the western U.S.

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 11,201-11,212

  Neff, J C ^a   Reynolds, R L ^b   Munson, S M ^b,c   Fernandez, D ^a   Belnap, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

dust; mineral aerosols; PM10; PM2.5; TSP

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ARID REGIONS; DUST; MEDIAN FILTERS; MINERALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLES; MINERAL AEROSOLS; PM10; PM2.5; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TSP;

STORMS;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMETER; DUST STORM; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL EROSION;

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK; COLORADO; MESA VERDE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84887154905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50855     Document Type: Article

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