An experimental study of aerosol distribution over a Mediterranean urban area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 872-887

  Flocas, Helena A ^a   Assimakopoulos, Vasiliki D ^b   Helmis, Costas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol size distributions; Airborne measurements; Athens; Greece; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; ATHENS; GREECE;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SIZE DETERMINATION; URBAN PLANNING;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; GREECE; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; PARTICLE SIZE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746337591     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.12.028     Document Type: Article

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