Origin and variability of particulate matter (PM10) mass concentrations over the Eastern Mediterranean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 4679-4690

  Gerasopoulos, E ^a   Kouvarakis, G ^a   Babasakalis, P ^a   Vrekoussis, M ^a   Putaud, J P ^b   Mihalopoulos, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical mass balance; Eastern Mediterranean; Particulate matter (PM10)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; RURAL AREAS;

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; MASS CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE CARBONACEOUS MATTER (PCM); PARTICULATE MATTER;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CARBON; ION;

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; NORTH AFRICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPRING; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AFRICA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINOKALIA; GREECE; HERAKLION [CRETE]; HERAKLION [HERAKLION (DPR)]; LASITHION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745743008     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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