Origin of high summer PM10 and TSP concentrations at rural sites in Eastern Spain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3101-3112

  Rodríguez, Sergio ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a   Mantilla, Enrique ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Mediterranean; Ozone; PM10; Regional pollution; Saharan dust; Spain

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

OZONE;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

SPAIN;

EID: 0035999064     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00256-X     Document Type: Article

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