Aerosol optical depth, aerosol composition and air pollution during summer and winter conditions in Budapest

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 141-163

  Alfoldy B ^a,b   Osan J ^a   Toth Z ^c   Torok S ^a   Harbusch, A ^d   Jahn, C ^d   Emeis, S ^d   Schafer K ^d  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Backward trajectories; Mixing layer height; Nocturnal ozone episode; Remote sensing; Secondary aerosol; Sun photometer; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TRAJECTORIES; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; NOCTURNAL OZONE EPISODE; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; VERTICAL MIXING;

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OZONE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTOMETERS;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRATE; OZONE; SILICATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PHOTOMETER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL MIXING;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUNGARY; LINEAR SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUNGARY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BUDAPEST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 34447289206     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.037     Document Type: Article

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