Abstract: Typical diurnal wind patterns and their relationship to transport of atmospheric aerosol in the Columbia River gorge of Oregon and Washington are addressed in this paper. The measurement program included measurements of ...

Abstract: Temporal principal components analysis was applied separately to monthly long-term wind, temperature, and precipitation data for Southern California. Physical explanations of the significant eigenvectors are presented. ...

Abstract: any populated valleys in the western United States experience increased concentrations of particulate matter with diameter of less than 2.5 ?m (PM2.5) during winter stagnation conditions. Further study into the chemical ...