Spatial and temporal characteristics of the relationship between air quality status and mesoscale circulation over an urban Mediterranean basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 37-57

  Kassomenos, P A ^a   Flocas, H A ^a   Lykoudis, S ^a   Skouloudis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality indexing; Air quality indicators; Athens basin; Mesoscale circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GREECE, ATHENS;

EID: 0032581083     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00167-3     Document Type: Article

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