Date of Award

1-1-2010

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (xix, 298 pages) : illustrations (some color), map.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

LIAQUAT HUSAIN

Committee Members

VINCENT DUTKIEWICZ, LEI ZHU, XIANLIANG ZHOU, JAMES J SCHWAB, DAVID CARPENTER

Keywords

210Pb DATING, ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER, BLACK CARBON, ELEMENTAL CARBON, LAKE SEDIMENT, Environmental monitoring, Carbon compounds, Atmospheric aerosols, Lake sediments

Subject Categories

Atmospheric Sciences | Environmental Health | Environmental Sciences

Abstract

Elemental or black carbon (EC or BC) aerosols produced during incomplete combustion strongly absorb solar radiation and contribute to global warming, and cause cardiopulmonary disease. Long-term atmospheric EC measurements, [EC]atm, are needed to validate global climate models to estimate the impact of EC on earth's temperature. Such data is sparse.

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