Air quality monitoring in communities of the Canadian Arctic during the high shipping season with a focus on local and marine pollution

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2651-2673

  Aliabadi, A A ^a   Staebler, R M ^a   Sharma, S ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; EXHAUST EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SHIPPING;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CAPE DORSET; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; DORSET ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; RESOLUTE;

EID: 84924353478     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-2651-2015     Document Type: Review

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