Air quality forecasting for winter-time PM2.5 episodes occurring in multiple cities in central and southern Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 558-575

  Saide, Pablo E ^a,b,c   Mena Carrasco, Marcelo ^a   Tolvett, Sebastian ^a,d   Hernandez, Pablo ^a   Carmichael, Gregory R ^e  

^a Ministerio del Medio Ambiente   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA METROPOLITANA   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPISODIC EVENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

CHILE;

EID: 84958729903     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023949     Document Type: Article

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