Assessment of primary and secondary ambient particle trends using satellite aerosol optical depth and ground speciation data in the New England region, United States

Environmental Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-110

  Lee, Hyung Joo ^a   Kang, Choong Min ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^b   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

AOD; Emission; MODIS; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

AOD; EMISSION; MODIS; PM(2.5); TREND ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84901791029     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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