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Glossary
AEROSOL particles that due to their small size, reside for a relatively long time (several days) in the
atmosphere. Primary example: ash from coal-burning electrical power generating stations.
secondary example: formed by reactions between primary pollutants and components of the atmosphere, e.g.,
development of droplets of sulfuric acid in sulfurous smog. 26
PASSERINE
sparrows.
perching birds and songbirds e.g. jays, blackbirds, finches, warblers, and
picoCurie The curie is a measure of radioactivity; pico means one-trillionth
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pCi/1 - picoCurie per liter
volume of air in this case
a measurement of the concentration of radioactivity by
SMOG the hazy mixture of microscopic droplets, solid particles and gases produced
by motor vehicles and other sources of emissions. 28
THERMALS rising warm currents of air. 29
Water Lobelia
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