Variability and sources of surface ozone at rural sites in Nevada, USA: Results from two years of the Nevada Rural Ozone Initiative

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2015, Pages 471-482

  Fine, Rebekka ^a   Miller, Matthieu B ^a   Burley, Joel ^b   Jaffe, Daniel A ^c,d   Pierce, R Bradley ^e   Lin, Meiyun ^f,g   Gustin, Mae Sexauer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstate transport; Long range transport; National ambient air quality standards; Ozone air quality; Stratospheric intrusions; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FIRES; OZONE; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREAS;

INTERSTATE TRANSPORT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; STRATOSPHERIC INTRUSIONS; WILDFIRES;

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS;

OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE DEPLETION; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; WILDFIRE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEVADA; OZONE;

EID: 84931561820     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.027     Document Type: Article

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