Air pollution at Rochester, NY: Long-term trends and multivariate analysis of upwind SO2 source impacts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 612, Issue , 2018, Pages 1506-1515

  Emami, Fereshteh ^a,c   Masiol, Mauro ^a,b   Hopke, Philip K ^a,b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Local sources; Mitigation policies; Multivariate analysis; Northeast United States; Regional sources; Trends

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COAL; FOG; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

LOCAL SOURCE; MITIGATION POLICIES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTHEAST UNITED STATES; REGIONAL SOURCES; TRENDS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; MITIGATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION POLICY; SEASONALITY; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ROCHESTER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029124966     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.026     Document Type: Article

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