Modelling of aerosol in the Greater Athens Area, Greece

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 24, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 230-246

  Athanasopoulou, Eleni ^a   Bossioli, Elisavet ^a   Tombrou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Athens; Modelling; PM10; REMSAD

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATHENS; MODELING; PM10; REMSAD;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

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

EID: 23844487124     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2005.007395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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