Height profile of some air quality markers in the urban atmosphere surrounding a 100 m tower building

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3569-3580

  Rubino, Federico Maria ^a   Floridia, Lucia ^a   Tavazzani, Manuela ^a   Fustinoni, Silvia ^b   Giampiccolo, Rosario ^b   Colombi, Antonio ^b  

^a Lab Tossicologia Industriale A   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Carbon monoxide (CO); Continuous measurement; PM10; Urban air pollution; Vertical gradient

Indexed keywords

URBAN AIR POLLUTION; VERTICAL GRADIENT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBON MONOXIDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TALL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY;

BENZENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN AREA;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; URBAN AREA; VAPOR;

EID: 0344589374     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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