The relationship between synoptic, mesoscale and microscale meteorological parameters during poor air quality events in Athens, Greece

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-24

  Katsoulis, Basil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Climatology; Meterological controls; Poor air quality; Trends

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT WIND SPEED; CARBON MONOXIDE DATA (1984- 1993); METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

GREECE, ATHENS;

EID: 0029667258     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04953-3     Document Type: Article

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