Impact of atmospheric boundary layer depth variability and wind reversal on the diurnal variability of aerosol concentration at a valley site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 424-434

  Pal, S ^a   Lee, T R ^a   Phelps, S ^a   De Wekker, S F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation mode particles; Air quality; Atmospheric boundary layer; Dilution effect; Lidar; Valley wind

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; OPTICAL RADAR;

ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTHS; DILUTION EFFECT; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; VALLEY SITES; VALLEY-WIND; WIND REVERSALS;

AIR QUALITY;

ACCUMULATION; AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; DILUTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TRACER; VALLEY; VERTICAL MIXING;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; WIND; WIND REVERSAL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

EID: 84905387843     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.067     Document Type: Article

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