Effect of urban growth on aerosol optical depth-tucson, Arizona, 35 years later

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1876-1885

  Prabhakar, Gouri ^a   Betterton, Eric A ^a   Conant, W ^a   Herman, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality; Anthropogenic effects; Atmospheric; Chemistry; Particulates; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMISTRY; OZONE; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ARIZONA; MULTIWAVELENGTH; OZONE COLUMN; PARTICULATES; SOLAR IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENT; TUCSON , ARIZONA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN GROWTH; VISIBILITY;

ARIZONA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905989918     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0001.1     Document Type: Article

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