Recent trends in gas-phase ammonia and PM2.5 ammonium in the southeast United States

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 347-357

  Saylor, Rick ^a   Myles, LaToya ^a   Sibble, Daryl ^a,b   Caldwell, Jason ^a,b   Xing, Jia ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAIRIES; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FIRES; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS; AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIA MEASUREMENTS; CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GAS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TIME;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84938796319     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.992554     Document Type: Article

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