Fog composition in the Central Valley of California over three decades

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-30

  Herckes, P ^a   Marcotte, A R ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Collett, J L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cloud; Fog; San Joaquin Valley; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FOG;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOG; PH; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910036819     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.01.025     Document Type: Review

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