Spatial and Seasonal Patterns and Long Term Variability of the Composition of the Haze in the United States: An Analysis of Data from the IMPROVE Network, 1996

Principal Author: James F. Sisler^¹
Contributions by: William C. Malm^² and Kristi A. Gebhart^{²Principal Investigators: William C. Malm² and
Marc L. Pitchford³}

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Cover Pages

Table of Contents (29.1 KB)

Overview and Summary (570 KB)

Chapter One (153 KB)- Introduction

Chapter Two (33.1 KB)- Optical and Aerosol Data

Chapter Three (478 KB)- Aerosol Mass Budgets and Spatial Distributions

Chapter Four (688 KB)- Light Extinction and its Relationship to Aerosols

Chapter Five (540 KB)- Spatial Distributions of Reconstructed Light Extinction and Light Extinction Budgets

Chapter Six (1.37 MB)- Temporal Trends and Interrelationships of Aerosol Concentrations

^¹Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

^²National Park Service (NPS)

^³Desert Research Institute (DRI)