Patent:
U.S. Patent No. 4,603,575, August 5, 1986 through November 1998.
Elemental tracer system for determining the source areas of pollution aerosol
Inventors: Kenneth A. Rahn and Douglas H. Lowenthal
Assignee: Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations, Providence, R.I.
Publications:
JR = Journal article, refereed
JNR = Journal article, nonrefereed
P = Popular article
CH = Chapter of book
CP = Conference proceedings
R = Report
JR Dams R., Robbins J. A., Rahn K. A. and Winchester J. W. (1970)
Nondestructive neutron activation analysis of air pollution particulates. Anal.
Chem. 42, 861-867.
CP Dams R., Rahn K. A., Robbins J. A., Nifong G. D. and Winchester J. W.
(1971) Multi-element analysis of air pollution particulates by nondestructive
neutron activation. Proceedings of the Second International Clean Air
Congress, eds. H. M. Englund and W. T. Beery, pp. 509-516.
Academic Press, New York.
JR Harrison P. R., Rahn K. A., Dams R., Robbins J. A., Winchester J. W.,
Brar S. S. and Nelson D. M. (1971) Areawide trace metal concentrations measured
by multielement neutron activation analysis: a one day study in Northwest
Indiana. J. Air Poll. Contr. Assoc. 21, 563-570.
JR Rahn K. A., Dams R., Robbins J. A. and Winchester J. W. (1971) Diurnal
variations of aerosol trace element concentrations as determined by
nondestructive neutron activation analysis. Atmos. Environ. 5,
413.
JR Dams R., Rahn K. A., Nifong G. E., Robbins J. A. and Winchester J. W.
(1971) Nondestructive multielement analysis of air pollution particulates. Isotopes
and Radiation Technology 9, 54-55.
JR Rahn K. A., Wesolowski J. J., John W. and Ralston H. R. (1971) Diurnal
variations of aerosol and trace element concentrations in Livermore, California.
J. Air Poll. Contr. Assoc. 21, 406-409.
CP Dams R., Robbins J. A., Rahn K. A. and Winchester J. W. (1971)
Quantitative relationships among trace elements over industrialized N.W.
Indiana. pp. 139-157 of Nuclear Techniques in Environmental Pollution
(IAEA-SM-142a/5), International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna.
JR Dams R., Rahn K. A. and Winchester J. W. (1972) Evaluation of filter
materials and impaction surfaces for nondestructive neutron activation analysis
of aerosols. Environ. Sci. Technol. 6, 441-448.
JR John W., Kaifer R., Rahn K. and Wesolowski J. J. (1973) Trace element
concentrations in aerosols from the San Francisco Bay area. Atmos. Environ.
7, 107-118.
CP Rahn K., Demuynck M., Dams R. and DeGraeve J. (1973) The chemical
composition of the aerosol over Belgium. pp. C81-C84 of Proceedings of the
Third International Clean Air Congress, Düsseldorf, Germany, VDI-Verlag
GmbH, Düsseldorf.
CP Heindryckx R., Demuynck M., Dams R., Janssens M. and Rahn K. A.
(1973) Mercury and cadmium in Belgian aerosols. In: Colloquium on the
Problems of the Contamination of Man and His Environment by Mercury and Cadmium,
Luxembourg, July 1973. Sponsored by the Commission of the European
Communities, Directorate of Health Protection.
JR Rahn K. A., Beke G. and Windels G. (1974) An automatic filter changer
for collection of short-period high-volume aerosol samples. Atmos. Environ.
8, 635-643.
CP Rahn K. A., Borys R. D. and Duce R. A. (1975) The University of Rhode
Island's air-sampling program in the Northwest Territories. pp. 85-87 of Polar
Meteorology - Report of Workshop, Reno, Nevada, 1975. Desert Research
Institute, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Technical Report, Series P
(Physical Sciences) No. 18.
CP Harrison P. R., Rahn K. A., Dams R., Robbins J. A. and Winchester J.
W. (1975) Areawide trace metal distributions in northwest Indiana aerosols. pp.
19-25 of Trace Contaminants in the Environment, American Institute of
Chemical Engineers Symposium Series, No. 149, Andre F. LeRoy, ed.
P Rahn K. A. (1975) On the road to clean air. Maritimes 19
(1), 10-13.
JNR Rahn K. A. (1975) Chemical composition of the atmospheric aerosol: A
compilation I. Extern 4, 286-313.
JNR Rahn K. A. (1975) Chemical composition of the atmospheric aerosol: A
compilation II. Extern 4, 639-667.
CP Rahn K. A. and Harrison P. R. (1976) The chemical composition of
Chicago street dust. pp. 557-570 of Atmosphere-Surface Exchange of
Particulate and Gaseous Pollutants (1974), Symposium Proceedings, CONF-740921,
NTIS, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161.
JR Demuynck M., Rahn K. A., Janssens M. and Dams R. (1976) Chemical
analysis of airborne particulate matter during a period of unusually high
pollution. Atmos. Environ. 10, 21-26.
JR Rahn K. A., Borys R. D. and Duce R. A. (1976) Tropospheric halogen
gases: inorganic and organic components. Science 192, 549-550.
JR Rahn K. A. (1976) Silicon and aluminum in atmospheric aerosols:
Crust-air fractionation? Atmos. Environ. 10, 597-601.
CP Rahn K. A. (1976) Systematic chemical differences between the
atmospheric aerosol and its deposition. pp. 53-56 of Jahreskongress 1975
der Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung e.V., 15-17 October 1975, Bad
Soden (Tr., W. Germany).
R Rahn K. A.(1976) The chemical composition of the atmospheric
aerosol. University of Rhode Island Technical Report, 265 pp.
CP Rahn K. A., Borys R.D. and Duce R. A. (1977) Determination of
inorganic and organic components of gaseous chlorine, bromine, and iodine in the
atmosphere. pp. 172-178 of Special Environmental Report No. 10. Air
Pollution measurement techniques. World Meteorological Organization
Report No. 460, Part II, Geneva, Switzerland.
CP Rahn K. A., Schütz L. and Jaenicke R. (1977) The crustal component of
background aerosols: its importance in interpreting heavy-metal data. pp.
150-156 of Special Environmental Report No.10. Air Pollution Measurement
Techniques. World Meteorological Organization Report No. 460, Part II,
Geneva, Switzerland.
JR Rahn K. A., Borys R. D. and Shaw G. E. (1977) The Asian source of
Arctic haze bands. Nature 268, 713-715.
JR Walsh P. R., Rahn K. A. and Duce R. A. (1978) Erroneous mass-size
functions from a high-volume cascade impactor. Atmos. Environ. 12,
1793-1795.
JNR Rahn K. A. (1978) The Arctic Air-Sampling Network. Arctic Bulletin
2, 342-346.
JR Leaderer B. P. et al. (1978) Summary of the New York Summer
Aerosol Study (NYSAS). J. Air Poll. Control Assoc. 28, 321-327.
CP Rahn K. A., Borys R. D., Shaw G. E., Schütz L. and Jaenicke R. (1979)
Long-range impact of desert aerosol on atmospheric chemistry: two examples. pp.
243-266 of Saharan Dust: Mobilization, Transport, Deposition, SCOPE 14,
ed. C. Morales, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, England.
P Rahn K. A. (1979) Arctic haze provides a clue to polar pollution. Maritimes
23 (1), 8-11.
CH Harrison P. R. and Rahn K. A. (1979) Atmospheric particulate
"pollutants". pp. 177-216 of Review of Research on Modern
Problems in Geochemistry, ed. F. R. Siegel, UNESCO Report SC/GEO/544/3,
Earth Sciences 16.
CP Lioy P. J. Wolff G. T., Rahn K. A., Bernstein D. M. and Kleinman M. T.
(1979) Characterization of aerosols upwind of New York City: II. Aerosol
composition. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 322 (The New York Summer Aerosol
Study, 1976), 73-85.
CP Bernstein D. M. and Rahn K. A. (1979) New York Summer Aerosol Study:
Trace element concentrations as a function of particle size. Ann. NY Acad.
Sci. 322 (The New York Summer Aerosol Study, 1976), 87-97.
CP Rahn K. A., Borys R. D., Butler E. L. and Duce R. A. (1979) Gaseous
and particulate halogens in the New York City atmosphere. Ann. NY Acad. Sci.
322 (The New York Summer Aerosol Study, 1976), 143-151.
CP Schütz L., Ketseridis G. and Rahn K. A. (1979) Elemental composition
of Aitken particles. pp. 179-183 of Aerosole in Naturwissenschaft, Medizin
und Technik - Dynamik und Nachweis ultrafeiner Aerosole - 26-28 September 1978,
Wien (Proceedings of the 1978 Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für
Aerosolforschung e.V.)
CP Rahn K. A. and McCaffrey R. J. (1979) Compositional differences
between Arctic aerosol and snow. pp. 305-310 of Aerosole in
Naturwissenschaft, Medizin und Technik - Dynamik und Nachweis ultrafeiner
Aerosole - 26-28 September 1978, Wien (Proceedings of the 1978 Annual
Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung e.v.)
JR Rahn K. A., and McCaffrey R. J. (1979) Compositional differences
between Arctic aerosol and snow. Nature 280, 479-480.
R Rahn K. A. (1979) The Eurasian sources of Arctic aerosol.
NILU Oppdragsrapport NR 34/79, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Lillestrøm,
September 1979, 36 pp.
CP Rahn K. A. and McCaffrey R.J. (1979) Long-range transport of pollution
aerosol to the Arctic: A problem without borders. pp. 25-35 of Papers
presented at the WMO Symposium on the Long-Range Transport of Pollutants and its
Relation to the General Circulation including Stratospheric/Tropospheric
Exchange Processes, Sofia, 1-5 October 1979, WMO-No. 538.
CP Rahn K. A. and McCaffrey R. J. (1980) On the origin and transport of
the winter Arctic aerosol. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 338 (Aerosols:
Anthropogenic and Natural, Sources and Transport), 486-503.
JR Rahn K. A., Joranger E., Semb. A. and Conway T. J. (1980) High winter
concentrations of SO2 in the Norwegian Arctic and transport from Eurasia. Nature
287, 824-826.
CP Schütz L. and Rahn K. A. (1980) Trace-element concentrations in
erodible soils. pp. 51-59 of Aerosols in Science, Medicine and Technology
- Physical and Chemical Properties of Aerosols (Proceedings of the Annual
Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung e.V., 22-24 October 1980,
Schmallenberg, FRG)
JR Rahn K. A. and Heidam N. Z. (1981) Progress in Arctic air chemistry,
1977-1980: A comparison of the first and second symposia. Atmos. Environ.
15, 1345-1348.
JR Rahn K. A. (1981) The Arctic Air-Sampling Network in 1980. Atmos.
Environ. 15, 1349-1352.
JR Rahn K. A. (1981) Relative importances of North America and Eurasia as
sources of Arctic aerosol. Atmos. Environ. 15, 1447-1455.
JR Rahn K. A. (1981) The Mn/V ratio as a tracer of large-scale sources of
pollution aerosol for the Arctic. Atmos. Environ. 15, 1457-1464.
JR Borys R.D. and Rahn K. A. (1981) Long-range transport of cloud-active
aerosol to Iceland. Atmos. Environ. 15, 1491-1501.
JR Rahn K. A. (1981) Atmospheric, riverine and oceanic sources of
seven trace constituents to the Arctic Ocean. Atmos. Environ. 15,
1507-1516.
R Rahn K. A. (1981) Elemental tracers and sources of atmospheric
acidity for the Northeast - A statement of new evidence. Report from the
Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, University of Rhode Island, 23
November 1981, 3pp.
CP Rahn K. A., Borys R. D. and Shaw G. E. (1981) Asian desert dust over
Alaska: Anatomy of an Arctic haze episode. pp. 37-70 of Desert Dust:
Origin, Characteristics, and Effect on Man, Geological Society of
America Special Paper 186, ed. T.L. Péwé.
CP Rahn K. A., Borys R. D. and Shaw G. E. (1981) Particulate air pollution
in the Arctic: Large-scale occurrence and meteorological controls. pp. 223-227
of Atmospheric Aerosols and Nuclei, eds. A. G. Roddy and T. C.
O'Connor, Galway University Press.
JR Rahn K. A. (1982) Elemental tracers for source regions of Arctic
pollution aerosol. Idöjárás, Journal of the Hungarian Meteorological
Service, 86, 1-14.
CP Rahn K. A., Brosset C., Ottar B. and Patterson E. M. (1982) Black and
white episodes, chemical evolution of Eurasian air masses and long-range
transport of carbon to the Arctic. pp. 327-342 of Particulate Carbon,
Atmospheric Life Cycle, eds. G. T. Wolff and R. T. Klimisch, Plenum Press,
New York, 411 pp.
CP Rahn K. A. (1982) On the causes, characteristics and potential
environmental effects of aerosol in the Arctic atmosphere. pp. 163-195 of The
Arctic Ocean, The Hydrographic Environment and The Fate of Pollutants,
L. Rey ed., Macmillan Press Ltd., London, 433 pp.
JR Schütz L. and Rahn K. A. (1982) Trace-element concentrations in
erodible soils. Atmos. Environ. 16, 171-176.
JNR Rahn K. A. (1982) Elemental tracers and sources of atmospheric acidity
for the Northeast - A statement of new evidence. Environ. Forum 1(1),
27-29.
JR Twomey S., Borys R. D. and Rahn K. A. (1982) Long-range transport of
cloud-active aerosol to Iceland. Atmos. Environ. 16, 1277-1278.
JR Rahn K.A. (1982) Sources of Northeast pollution. Science 217,
688 (reply to earlier letter by G. T. Wolff).
JR Patterson E. M., Marshall B. T. and Rahn K. A. (1982) Radiative
properties of the Arctic aerosol. Atmos. Environ. 16, 2967-2977.
JNR Rahn K. A. and Shaw G. E. (1982) Sources and transport of Arctic
pollution aerosol: A chronicle of six years of ONR research. Nav. Res. Rev.
Three/1982, 3-26.
CP Rahn K. A. and Lewis N. F. (1982) Elemental tracers for source areas of
atmospheric acidity in the Northeast. pp. 94-119 of Acid Rain Reappraised
- Proceedings of a Public Conference, 26 April 1982, John Carroll
University, University Heights, Ohio, ed. Joseph T. Bombelles.
P Rahn K. A. (1982) Tracing the precursors of acid precipitation in the
Northeast. Maritimes 26(3), 9-11.
R Rahn K. A., Lowenthal D. H. and Lewis N. F. (1982) Elemental tracers
and source areas of pollution aerosol in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Technical Report, Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, Graduate School of
Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 1 October 1982, 119 pp.
CP Rey L., Ottar B., Rahn K. A. and Shaw G. E. (1983) Arctic environmental
issues of energy production at mid-latitudes and the role of long distance air
transport of pollutants. Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the World
Energy Conference, New Delhi, 18-23 September 1983.
CP Rahn K. A. (1983) New evidence on acid rain from elemental tracers. Coal
and Nuclear Power in Illinois' Energy Future. Proceedings of the Tenth
Annual Illinois Energy Conference, Univ. of Ill. at Chicago, pp. 93-101.
CP Rahn K. A., Lewis N. F. and Lowenthal D. H. (1983) Elemental tracers of
Canadian smelter aerosol transported into the northeastern United States. pp.
163 ff. of Receptor Models Applied to Contemporary Pollution Problems,
SP-48, Air Pollution Control Association, Pittsburgh, Pa.
JR Berg W. W., Sperry P. D., Rahn K. A. and Gladney E. S. (1983) Atmospheric
bromine in the Arctic. J. Geophys. Res., 88, 6719-6736.
JR Prospero J. M., Charlson R. J., Mohnen V., Jaenicke R., Delany A. C.,
Moyers J., Zoller W. and Rahn K. (1983) The atmospheric aerosol system: An
overview. Rev. Geophys. Space Phys., 21, 1607-1629.
JNR Rahn K. A. (1983) A reply to "KLW's" critical review. Environ.
Forum 2(5), 14-22.
JNR Rahn K. A. (1983) Kenneth Rahn's response to KLW's 'Final word'. Environ.
Forum 2(6), 18-19.
JR Rahn K. A., Lewis N.F., Lowenthal D. H. and Smith D. L. (1983) Noril'sk
only a minor contributor to Arctic haze. Nature 306, 459-461.
CP Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1983) The promise of elemental tracers
as indicators of source areas of pollution aerosol in the eastern United States.
pp. 189-197 of Trace Substances in Environmental Health - XVII,
D.D. Hemphill, ed., University of Missouri, Columbia.
JR Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1984) Elemental tracers of distant
regional pollution aerosols. Science 223, 132-139.
JR Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1984) Comment on "Erasure of
midwestern Mn/V signature in an area of high vanadium concentration" JAPCA
34, 548.
JNR Rahn K. A. (1984) Who's polluting the Arctic? Natural History, 93,
30 ff.
CP Rahn K. A. (1984) Some remarks on continental and global tracers. pp.
349-352 of Atmospheric Tracer Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, ed.
Jody H. Heiken. Publication LA-10301-C, UC-11, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, December 1984.
P Rahn K. A. (1985) USSR's cooperation may provide a new piece in the
Arctic Haze puzzle. Maritimes 29(1), 1-3.
JR Thurston G. D., Laird N.M., Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1985) Tracing
aerosol pollution. Science 227, 1406,1408,1412.
R Rahn K.A. (1985) On the importance of trace-metal emissions from
an incinerator at Quonset Point to air quality and water in Narragansett Bay.
Technical Report, Graduate School of Oceanography, 10 April 1985, 10 pp.
JR Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1985) Pollution aerosol in the
Northeast: northeastern-midwestern contributions. Science 228,
275-284.
CP Heaton R. and Rahn K. A. (1985) In-cloud oxidation of SO2 as deduced
from trace elements in aerosol and precipitation. Proceedings of the
Symposium on Heterogeneous Processes in Source-dominated Atmospheres, October
8-11, 1985, New York, pp. 77-79. Publication LBL-20621, CONF-851077,
UC-11, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
94720.
R Ad Hoc Committee on Acid Rain, Science and Policy (incl. K. A. Rahn) Is
there scientific consensus on acid rain? Excerpts from six governmental reports.
October 1985, 13 pp.
JR Rahn K. A. (1985) Progress in Arctic air chemistry, 1980-1984. Atmos.
Environ. 19, 1987-1994.
JR Lowenthal D. H. and Rahn K. A. (1985) Regional sources of pollution
aerosol at Barrow, Alaska during winter 1979-80 as deduced from elemental
tracers. Atmos. Environ. 19, 2011-2024.
JR Halter B.C., Harris J. M. and Rahn K. A. (1985) A study of winter
variability in carbon dioxide and Arctic haze aerosols at Barrow, Alaska. Atmos.
Environ. 19, 2033-2037.
R Rahn K. A., Wunschel K. R. and Lowenthal D. H. (1986) Elemental
tracers applied to transport of aerosol from Midwest to Northeast.
Report EPA/600/S3-86/015, May 1986, Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
(available from NTIS).
R Rahn K. A., Wunschel K. R. and Lowenthal D. H. (1986) Project
Summary, Elemental tracers applied to transport of aerosol from Midwest to
Northeast, Report EPA/600/S3-86/015, May 1986. Summary available from
Center for Environmental Research Information, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268.
JNR Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1986) The acid rain whodunit. Natural
History 95(7), 62-65.
CH Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1986) Who's polluting the Arctic? Why is
it so important to know? An American perspective. Arctic Air Pollution,
ed. B. Stonehouse, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, pp. 85-95.
CH Rahn K. A. (1986) Some remarks on continental and global tracers. Atmospheric
Tracer Technology and Applications, ed. Jody H. Heiken, Noyes
Publications, Park Ridge, New Jersey, pp. 341-344.
JR Lowenthal D. H., Rahn K. A., Thurston G. D. and Spengler J. D. (1987)
Discussion of "A quantitative assessment of source contributions to
inhalable particulate matter in metropolitan Boston". Atmos. Environ.
21, 257-260.
JR Lowenthal D. H., Hanumara R. C., Rahn K. A. and Currie L.A. (1987)
Effects of systematic error, estimates and uncertainties in chemical mass
balance apportionments: Quail Roost II revisited. Atmos. Environ. 21,
501-510.
CP Rahn K. A., Heaton R. and Lowenthal D. H. (1987) Empirical regional
source-receptor relationships for acid rain and precursors in New England
determined by elemental tracers. Paper 87-89.3, Proceedings of the 80th
Annual Meeting of APCA, New York, NY, June 21-26, 1987.
JR Lowenthal D. H. and Rahn K. A. (1987) The Mn/V ratio in retrospect. JAPCA
33, 829-830.
JR Lowenthal D. H. and Rahn K. A. (1987) Application of the
factor-analysis receptor model to simulated urban- and regional-scale data sets.
Atmos. Environ. 21, 2005-2013.
JR Lowenthal D. H. and Rahn K. A. (1987) "The use of Whatman 41
filter papers for high volume aerosol sampling. Further comments." Atmos.
Environ. 21, 2732-2734.
P Rahn K. A. (1988) The rocky road to cooperating with the Soviet Union
on Arctic haze. Maritimes 32(1), 1-3.
JR Lowenthal D. H., Rahn K. A., Dutkiewicz V. A., Parekh P. P. and Husain
L. (1988) Discussion of "An evaluation of regional elemental signatures
relevant to the northeastern United States". Atmos. Environ. 22,
609-616.
JR Lowenthal D. H., Wunschel K. R. and Rahn K. A. (1988) Tests of
regional elemental tracers of pollution aerosols: 1. Distinctness of regional
signatures, stability during transport, and empirical validation. Environ.
Sci. Technol. 22, 413-420.
JR Lowenthal D. H. and Rahn K. A. (1988) Tests of regional elemental
tracers of pollution aerosols: 2. Sensitivity of signatures and apportionments
to variations in operating parameters. Environ. Sci. Technol. 22,
420-426.
CP Rahn K. A. (1988) Tracing particulate matter and deposition to its
sources. In: Proceedings of the Conference "Preserving the Great
Lakes Basin: Tracking Air Toxics and the Ecosystem Approach", 29 April
1988, Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI. Canadian Studies Centre, Michigan
State Univ. and the Center for Canadian-American Studies, Detroit College of
Law.
JR Lowenthal D. H. and Rahn K. A. (1988) Reproducibility of regional
apportionments of pollution aerosol in the northeastern United States. Atmos.
Environ. 22, 1829-1833.
CP Rahn K. A., Lowenthal D. H. and Heaton R. (1989) Elemental
source-receptor techniques for precipitation and aerosol: recent experiences
from Narragansett, Rhode Island. pp. 85-114 of Control and Fate of
Atmospheric Trace Metals, J. M. Pacyna and B. Ottar eds., NATO ASI
Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 268, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht. Proceedings of NATO Advanced Research Workshop
"Control and Fate of Atmospheric Heavy Metals", Oslo-Gardermoen, 12-16
September 1988.
R Rahn K. A. (1989) Some remarks on effects of point sources on
local air quality and deposition. Rhode Island Energy Coordinating
Council, Room 313, State House, Providence, 8 May 1989.
P Rahn K. A. (1989) New power plants: let there be facts and data. Providence
Journal-Bulletin, 2 June 1989.
P Rahn K. A. (1989) Should Newbay be built? Yes: the plant will meet all
air pollution limits. Providence Business News, 19 June 1989.
JR Lowenthal D. H. and Rahn K. A. (1989) The relationship between
secondary sulfate and primary regional signatures in northeastern aerosol and
precipitation. Atmos. Environ. 23, 1511-1515.
JR Lowenthal D. H., Rahn K. A., Dutkiewicz V. A. and Husain L. (1989)
Discussion of "Spatial patterns of non-urban Se concentrations in the
northeastern U.S. and its pollution source implications". Atmos. Environ.
23, 1613-1618.
JR Rahn K. A., Lowenthal D. H. and Harris J. M. (1989) Long-range
transport of pollution aerosol from Asia and the Arctic to Okushiri Island,
Japan. Atmos. Environ. 23, 2597-2607.
JR Heaton R. W., Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1990) Determination of
trace elements, including regional tracers, in Rhode Island precipitation. Atmos.
Environ. 24A, 147-153.
P Rahn K. A. (1990) Chemical clues to the origin of acid rain in New
England. Maritimes 34(2), 8-10.
P Rahn K. A. (1990) Will emissions from new power plants in Rhode Island
affect Narragansett Bay? Maritimes 34(4), 1-5.
P Rahn K. A. and Cullen D. (1991) Shellfish plants not only polluters.
"Viewpoint" article in North Kingstown (RI) Standard-Times, 12
June 1991.
R Rahn K. A. (1992) Revised estimates of elemental emissions and
ground-level concentrations from the Newbay Corporation's coal-fired
cogeneration plant. URI technical report, February 1992.
R Rahn K. A. (1992) Lost in the shuffle: Data on Newbay's projected
atmospheric effects that have been submerged by the prolonged public debate. URI
Technical Report, February 1992.
JR Rahn K. A., Hemingway S. B. and Peacock M. W. (1992) A trace-element
technique for determining nonpoint sources of contamination in freshwaters. Environ.
Sci. Technol. 26 788-797.
JR Lowenthal D. H. and Rahn K. A. (1992) The relationship between
ozone and regional tracers in rural Rhode Island. Atmospheric Environment 26a
725–730.
R Rahn K. A. (1992) Comparative emissions of the proposed Quonset Point
refuse incinerator and the existing Port Authority steam plant (Why the new
incinerator will help clean the air near Quonset Point) URI Technical Report, 18
May 1992.
P Rahn K. A. (1992) Incinerators: Confronting the waste crisis
responsibly. "Commentary" article in Providence Journal-Bulletin,
18 July 1992.
P Rahn K. A. (1992) Incinerator ban poses problems. "Viewpoint"
article in North Kingstown Standard-Times, 31 July 1992.
CP Rahn .A. and Hemingway S.B. (1992) Dry deposition of coastal aerosol
determined from trace elements in air, rain, and streams. Proceedings of
the Fourth Chinese Aerosol Conference, Hefei, Anhui, 14–20 September
1992, 385 pp. (Supplement)
JR Heaton R. W., Rahn K. A. and Lowenthal D. H. (1992) Regional
apportionments of sulfate and tracer elements in Rhode Island precipitation. Atmospheric
Environment 26a 1529–1543.
CP Rahn K. A., Cullen D., Tomza U., Tehan T. and Jacob N. (1993) The
Rhode Island Nuclear Preparedness Program—a joint initiative of industry,
state, and academia. pp. PIII-31–41 of Proceedings of the Symposium
"Nuclear Energy and the Environment," Latin American Section
of the American Nuclear Socity, Rio de Janeiro, 28 June–1 July 1993.
CP Rahn K. A. (1994) A new multielemental tracer system for atmospheric
aerosol Proceedings of the Fifth Chinese Aerosol Conference 1994,
Taiyuan, Shanxi, P.R. China, 12–18 August 1994, 431 pp. (Supplement)
JR Huang S., Arimoto R. and Rahn K.A. (1996) Changes in atmospheric lead and
other pollution elements at Bermuda. J. Geophys. Res. 101 (D15)
21,033–21,040.
JR Tomza U., Arimoto R., Ray B.J. and Rahn K.A. (1997) Is the air at Izaña
really clean? J. Aerosol. Sci. 28 (Suppl. 1) S127–S128.
JR Rahn K.A., Tomza U. and Khodzher T.V. (1997) An event of long-range
transport of Siberian aerosol to Tiksi, Russia. J. Aerosol. Sci. 28
(Suppl. 1) S465–S466.
JR Huang S., Rahn K.A. and Arimoto R. (1997) A graphical method for
determining the dry-depositional component of aerosol samples and their field
blanks. Atmos. Environ. 31 (20), 3383–3394.
CPR Rahn K.A. (1997) A graphical technique for post-analytical quality
control (IAEA-SM-344/32). Harmonization of Health-Related Environmental
Measurements Using Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques, pp. 73–87. Proceedings
Series, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 663 pp.
JR Khodzher T.V., Obolkin V.A., Potemkin V.L. Tomza U. and Rahn K. (1997)
Seasonal variations of the elemental composition of the atmospheric aerosol of
Lake Baikal. Chemistry in the Interest of Stable Development 5, 547–551.
(In Russian)
JR Bergen B.J., Rahn K.A. and Nelson W.G. (1998) Remediation at a marine
superfund site: surficial sediment PCB congener concentration, composition, and
redistribution. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32, 3496–3501.
JR Rahn K.A. (1999) A graphical technique for determining major components
in a mixed aerosol. I. Descriptive aspects. Atmospheric Environment. 33,
1441–1455.
JR Huang S., Rahn K.A. and Arimoto R. (1999) Testing and optimizing two
factor-analysis techniques on aerosol at Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Atmospheric Environment 33, 2169–2185.
JR Rahn K.A. and Huang S. (1999) A graphical technique for distinguishing
soil and atmospheric deposition in biomonitors from plant material. Science
of the Total Environment 232, 79–104.
JR Huang S., Rahn K. A., Arimoto R., Graustein, W. C., and Turekian, K. K.
(1999) Semiannual cycles of pollution at Bermuda. J. Geophys. Res. 104,
30,309-30,318.
JR Huang S., Arimoto R., Rahn K. A. (2000) Sources and source variations for
aerosol at Mace Head, Ireland. Atmos. Environ. 35, 1421-1437.
CPR Rahn K. A. (2000) A graphical technique for distinguishing plant
material and soil from atmospheric deposition in biomonitors. Biomonitoring
of atmospheric pollution (with emphasis on trace elements)—BioMAP. Report of
an international workshop organized by the International atomic Energy Agency in
co-operation with the Instituto Technógico e Nuclear and held in Lisbon,
Portugal, 21–24 September 1997. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
TECDOC-1152, June 2000, 47–62.
JR Rahn K. A., Khodzher, T. V. and Tomza U. (2000) A study of trace elements
in atmospheric aerosols of the Eastern Siberia using neutron activation and
synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence analysis. Nuclear Instruments and
Methods in Physics Research A 448, 413–418.
JR Huang S, Arimoto R., and Rahn K. A. (2001) Sources and source variations
for aerosol at Mace Head, Ireland. Atmos. Environ. 35, 1421–1437.
CH Frontasyeva M.V., Yermakova Ye. V., Steinnes E. and Rahn K. A. (2001)
Study of trace elements in annual segments of moss biomonitors using epithermal
neutron activation analysis: link with atmospheric aerosol. Radionuclides and
Heavy Metals in Environment, M. V. Frontasyeva et al. (eds.) Kluwer Academic
Publishers, pp. 165–170.
P Kahn K.A. and 9 co-authors (2003) Chance, not conspiracy, in the death of
JFK. Austin Statesman-American and other Cox Newspapers, UK
Independent, and UK Guardian, November 2003.
JR Guo J., Rahn K.A. (2004) A mechanism for the increase of pollution
elements in dust storms in Beijing. Atmos. Environ. 38, 855–862.
JR Rahn K.A. and Sturdivan L.M. (2004) Neutron
Activation and the JFK Assassination, Part I. Data and Interpretation. Journal of
Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 262 (1): 205–213.
JR Sturdivan L.M. and Rahn K.A. (2004) Neutron Activation and the JFK
Assassination, Part II. Extended Benefits. Journal of Radioanalytical and
Nuclear Chemistry 262 (1): 215–222.
JR Tan J.H., Bi X..H., Duan J.C., Rahn K.A.,
Sheng G.Y. and Fu, J..M. (2006) Seasonal
variation of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with PM10
in Guangzhou, China. Atmospheric Research 80 (4):
250–262.
JR Guo J., Rahn K.A., Zhuang G., and Wang S. (2007)
Large-scale distribution of elements in Chinese aerosol. China Particuology
5, 395-400.
JR Jia Y., Rahn K., He K., Wen T. and Wang Y. (2008) A
novel technique for quantifying the regional component of urban aerosol solely
from its sawtooth cycles. J. Geophys. Res. 113, D21309, doi:
10.1029/2008JD010389.
In
Press (2004)
JR Yuan H., Rahn K., Zhuang G. Graphical techniques for interpreting the
composition of individual aerosol particles. Atmospheric Environment.
In preparation
CPR Khodzher T.V., Obolkin V.A., Potemkin V.L., Bufetov N.S., Tomza U.
and Rahn K.A. A study of trace elements in atmospheric aerosol of Eastern
Siberia using neutron activation and synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence
analysis. Proceedings of the XII-th National Synchrotron Radiation Conference,
13–18 July 1998, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia.
JR Huang S., Rahn K.A. and Arimoto R. On the origin of surface ozone at
Bermuda. (For Journal of Geophysical Research)
JR Kryc K. and Rahn K.A. The crustal component of the atmospheric aerosol.
(For Journal of Geophysical Research)
B Rahn K.A. Principles of Scientific Writing. (Class notes
for ES 587, Principles of Scientific Writing, Department of Earth Sciences,
College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University)
JR Rahn K. A. and Guo J. An expanded regional elemental tracer system for
atmospheric aerosol. (To be submitted to Science or Nature)