Air quality in the Athens basin during sea breeze and non-sea breeze days using laser-remote-sensing technique

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2173-2182

  Kambezidis, H D ^a   Weidauer, D ^b   Melas, D ^c   Ulbricht, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Elight Laser Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air pollutant profile; Air quality; Laser remote sensing

Indexed keywords

LASER REMOTE SENSING; SEA BREEZE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; LASER APPLICATIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONFERENCE PAPER; GREECE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 0032100777     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00409-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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