Estimating the impact of Saharan dust on the year 2001 PM10 record of Rome, Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-275

  Gobbi, G P ^a   Barnaba, F ^a   Ammannato, L ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality; Lidar; PM10; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

DUST TRANSPORT; HEAVY TRAFFIC STATION; PM10; SAHARAN DUST;

DUST;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADVECTION; AIR MASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; LIDAR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CITY; DUST; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845404279     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.08.036     Document Type: Article

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