Analysis of long-range transport influences on urban PM10 using two-stage atmospheric trajectory clusters

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4434-4450

  Borge, Rafael ^a   Lumbreras, Julio ^a   Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^b   Kassomenos, Pavlos ^c   Rodríguez, Encarnacion ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Long range transport; PM10; Two stage cluster analysis; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BACK TRAJECTORIES; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; TWO-STAGE CLUSTER ANALYSIS; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NOAA SATELLITE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAJECTORY; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MADRID [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248641978     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.053     Document Type: Article

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