Assessment of the air-quality over urban areas by means of biometeorological indices. The case of Athens, Greece

Environmental Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1293-1304

  Katsoulis, B D ^a   Kassomenos, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air quality indices; Athens; Biometeorological indices; Greece

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY INDICES; ATHENS; BIOMETEOROLOGICAL INDICES; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GOVERNMENT SERVICES; GREECE; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDEX METHOD; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12344322694     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332508618375     Document Type: Article

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