Open AccessSanta Ana Winds of Southern California Impact PM 2.5 With and Without Smoke From Wildfires
Author(s) -
Aguilera Rosana,
Gershunov Alexander,
Ilango Sindana D.,
GuzmanMorales Janin,
Benmarhnia Tarik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geohealth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2471-1403
DOI - 10.1029/2019gh000225
Subject(s) - smoke , environmental science , meteorology , submarine pipeline , atmospheric sciences , geography , climatology , physical geography , oceanography , geology
Key Points Santa Ana winds have a predominant ventilation effect as background PM 2.5 is transported offshore from highly polluted areas A polluting effect occurs when SAWs spread smoke PM 2.5 from wildfires inland toward the coastal region Statistical approaches that relate surface wind and PM 2.5 over space and time can help in identifying wildfire PM 2.5