Effects of uncontrolled particulate matter release on precipitation under warfare conditions

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-97

  Unkašević, Miroslava ^a   Vukmirović, Zorka ^b   Tošić, Ivana ^a   Lazić, Lazar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Environmental Studies   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Accidental release of particulate matter; Climate changes, local; Eta model; Kosovo conflict; Precipitation effects; Trajectory calculation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TRAJECTORY; WAR;

SERBIA; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0242417133     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2002.02.112     Document Type: Article

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