Policy Analysis Air Quality Impacts from Prescribed Forest Fires under Different Management Practices
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D I T I A N , * , † Y U H A N G W A N G , ‡ M I C H E L L E B E R G I N , † , ⊥ Y O N G T A O H U , † Y O N G Q I A N G L I U , § A N D A R M I S T E A D G . R U S S E L L † School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, School of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and USDA Forestry Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Athens, Georgia 20602
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