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Published online 27 October 2006
Published in J Environ Qual 35:2011-2016 (2006)
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0212
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B. S. Sharratta,* and D. Lauerb

a USDA-ARS, 213 LJ Smith Hall, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA
b Benton County Clean Air Authority, Richland, WA


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  		Fig. 1. Location of communities (dots) within the Columbia Plateau (oval) of the Pacific Northwest. The Horse Heaven Hills (smaller oval) lie immediately to the south and west of Kennewick, WA.

 

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  		Fig. 2. Cumulative frequency distribution of PM10 concentrations at Kennewick, WA from 1999 to 2005. Daily PM concentrations, categorized by 5-µg m–3 intervals, were measured by a federal reference method filter-based sampler or tapered element oscillating microbalance.

 

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  		Fig. 3. Cumulative frequency distribution of PMfine concentrations at Kennewick, WA from 1999 through 2005. Daily PM concentrations, categorized by 5-µg m–3 intervals, were measured by a federal reference method filter-based sampler or tapered element oscillating microbalance.

 

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  		Fig. 4. PMfine/PM10 ratio as a function of daily PM10 concentration from 1999 through 2005 at Kennewick, WA.

 

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  		Fig. 5. Cumulative frequency distribution of PMcoarse concentrations at Kennewick, WA from 1999 through 2005. Daily PM concentrations, categorized by 5-µg m–3 intervals, were determined using federal reference method filter-based samplers or tapered element oscillating microbalances.

 




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