Ozone pollution and ozone biomonitoring in European cities. Part I: Ozone concentrations and cumulative exposure indices at urban and suburban sites

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 7963-7974

  Klumpp, Andreas ^a   Ansel, Wolfgang ^a   Klumpp, Gabriele ^a   Calatayud, Vicent ^b   Pierre Garrec, Jean ^c   He, Shang ^c   Peñuelas, Josep ^d   Ribas, Àngela ^d   Ro Poulsen, Helge ^e   Rasmussen, Stine ^e   Sanz, María José ^b   Vergne, Phillippe ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Air quality; AOT40; EU Directive; Thresholds; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OZONE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AOT40; EU DIRECTIVES; THRESHOLDS; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; BIOMONITORING; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SUBURBAN AREA; THRESHOLD; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33750482791     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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