Study of the weekday-weekend variation of air pollutants in a typical Mediterranean coastal town

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-312

  Riga Karandinos, Antonia Nelly ^a   Saitanis, Constantine ^a   Arapis, Gerasimos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CO; Greece; NOx; O3; Ozone; Quantile analysis; SO2; Weekend effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COASTAL ZONES; DATA RECORDING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT'S VARIATION; GREECE; NOX; O3; OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANTS; QUANTILE ANALYSIS; SO2;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COASTAL ZONE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748470694     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2006.010574     Document Type: Article

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