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. Sisler¹
Contributions by: William C. Malm² and  Kristi A. Gebhart^{2
Principal Investigators:    William C. Malm2 and Marc L. Pitchford3}

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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)