A methodology for the quantification of the net African dust load in air quality monitoring networks

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 5516-5524

  Escudero, M ^a   Querol, X ^a   Pey, J ^a   Alastuey, A ^a   Perez N ^a   Ferreira, F ^b   Alonso, S ^c   Rodriguez S ^c,d   Cuevas, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INM ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daily limit value; Mineral dust; Natural episodes; PM10

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIMIT VALUE; MINERAL DUST; NATURAL EPISODES; PM10; REGIONAL BACKGROUND (RB);

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; DATA HANDLING; DUST CONTROL; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; DUST; FILTER; MONITORING SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AFRICA; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; FILTER; METHODOLOGY; MINERAL DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34447271507     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.047     Document Type: Article

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