An empirical model to estimate daily forest fire smoke exposure over a large geographic area using air quality, meteorological, and remote sensing data

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 328-335

  Yao, Jiayun ^a   Henderson, Sarah B ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass smoke; exposure assessment; forest fire; modeling; particulate matter

Indexed keywords

PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FIRE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING; SMOKE;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FIRES; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SMOKE;

EID: 84899487535     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.87     Document Type: Article

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