Urban-scale variability of ambient particulate matter attributes

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 29, 2006, Pages 5670-5684

  Freiman, M T ^a   Hirshel, N ^a   Broday, D M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concentration variability; Neighborhood scale; Particulate matter; Trees and vegetation; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FORESTRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CONCENTRATION VARIABILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD-SCALE; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANOPY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

DATA PROCESSING; PARTICLES; PLANTS; TREES;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33746929421     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.04.060     Document Type: Article

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