Air Quality in Puerto Rico in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria: A Case Study on the Use of Lower Cost Air Quality Monitors

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1179-1186

  Subramanian, R ^a   Ellis, Aja ^a   Torres Delgado, Elvis ^b   Tanzer, Rebecca ^a   Malings, Carl ^a   Rivera, Felipe ^b   Morales, Maité ^b   Baumgardner, Darrel ^c   Presto, Albert ^a   Mayol Bracero, Olga L ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^c Droplet Measurement Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

air quality; backup generators; carbon monoxide; Hurricane Maria; low cost sensors; sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HURRICANE; MONITORING; SENSOR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 85055642971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24723452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00079     Document Type: Article

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